this post was submitted on 28 Sep 2025
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[–] M137@lemmy.world 2 points 3 hours ago

Not in Swedish.

Kort = Short Lång = Long

[–] PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmy.ml 3 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Oh shit it's the same in Polish

[–] mattiz6276@mastodon.uno 2 points 4 hours ago

@PolandIsAStateOfMind @Normo in Italian the words “Lungo” and “Corto” are the same length.

[–] SurfinBird@lemmy.ca 13 points 2 days ago

And Gary Newman is older than Gary Oldman.

[–] First_Thunder@lemmy.zip 12 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Luckily longer is longer than short and long. It is however shorter than shorter

[–] kambusha@sh.itjust.works 10 points 2 days ago

The longer this prolongs, the shorter my longing for shorts & long-johns.

[–] sneezycat@sopuli.xyz 9 points 2 days ago

And longest is longer than shorter, but shortest is the longest.

[–] NecroticEuphoria@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] Faydaikin@beehaw.org 5 points 1 day ago

I dunno about the rest, but Lort means Shit in Danish.

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