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   Loukas Christodoulou (loukas@mastodon.nu)'s status on Wednesday, 03-Apr-2024 19:31:52 JST Loukas Christodoulou

   If you see a long German or Swedish word, first of all, don't panic. It's more scared of you than you are of it. Secondly, take a closer look and you'll see it's actually just three normal words in a trenchcoat, huddling together to deter predators (French and English).

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     Jacek Wesołowski (jzillw@mastodon.gamedev.place)'s status on Saturday, 06-Apr-2024 06:28:47 JST Jacek Wesołowski

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     @Loukas Polish, on the other hand, is the real deal. Those parts that look like they could hurt you can and will do just that. Bezwzględnie!

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     Jacek Wesołowski (jzillw@mastodon.gamedev.place)'s status on Saturday, 06-Apr-2024 16:09:42 JST Jacek Wesołowski

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     • Argonel

     @Argonel @Loukas Here the relationship is inverted. Long German words are genuinely long. Long Polish words are actually short words with a lot of digraphs and a serious inflection.

     (if you remove inflection from "bezwzględnie", you get "wzgląd")

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     Argonel (argonel@dice.camp)'s status on Saturday, 06-Apr-2024 16:09:43 JST Argonel

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     • Jacek Wesołowski

     @jzillw @Loukas to paraphrase a different joke, "Long words are harder to kidnap".