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[–] Mika@piefed.ca 8 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

They actually the same size, it's just latin alphabet is stupid and doesn't have a letter for sound SH.

[–] boonhet@sopuli.xyz 8 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

Šort

Anyway, short in Estonian is "lühike" and long is "pikk" so we have the same issue

[–] LittleBorat3@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago

Pikk even sounds small, just like words have a certain phonetic sound.

[–] positiveWHAT@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Hahaha, "pikk" means penis in norwegian

[–] boonhet@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 weeks ago

And the word you use for salmon in Norwegian means “spank” (noun not verb) in Estonian

Also I’m craving some røkt laks right now, could you mail me some?

[–] LOLseas@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 weeks ago

"Pik" in Dutch is also penis.

[–] hOrni@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

Poland chiming in. "Długi" and "Krótki". Same problem.

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

long is "pikk"

Incidentally, "dick" in Danish is "pik" regardless of what dimensions you're packing

[–] boonhet@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Well I think ideally you would want a pikk pik. You may additionally want it to be jäme.

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Jäme is thick? Delicious? Mighty?

[–] boonhet@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 weeks ago

Thick. But of course a mighty cock sounds good too

[–] Dasus@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

Long is actually longer, imo.

Say them out loud and see which takes longer.

It's more like [lo:ng] than [long] like [bong]

[–] idiomaddict@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

Yeah, but ng could easily be one letter, it’s just not in English.

[–] NovaSel@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Doesn't the same apply for "ng"? That seems like it could be one letter.