• Hegar@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    Alas, it does not.

    企鵝 is penguin. By itself, 企 means to stand on tiptoes, or to expect something. It’s also the first character in 企業, business. Sometimes business is abbreviated as just 企.

    But “commitment” in English doesn’t literally mean ‘commercial glove noun’ just because ‘com’ can be short for commercial, and mit means glove.

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      1 year ago

      Goose is literally just “I” and “Bird”

      Bussiness iBird

      Sounds like a new apple drone that spys on you

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    1 year ago

    Now I’m picturing penguins having nonstop business meetings about fish and vendor relations in Antarctica.

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    You could do this all day with Vietnamese. Kangaroo is bag mouse. Orca is assassin fish, giraffe is a long-necked deer. Etc.