Daft_ish@lemmy.world to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · edit-28 months agoWhat are some insults in english that will make non-native speakers have to ask someone their meaning?message-squaremessage-square31fedilinkarrow-up173arrow-down12
arrow-up171arrow-down1message-squareWhat are some insults in english that will make non-native speakers have to ask someone their meaning?Daft_ish@lemmy.world to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · edit-28 months agomessage-square31fedilink
minus-squarexmunk@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up30·8 months ago Your father smells of elderberries.
minus-squareDeconceptualist@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·edit-28 months ago“Your mother was a hamster!” is pretty self-explanatory though. But elderberries smell rather nice. Or at least the last elderberry jam I had was quite lovely. So that certainly makes for a confusing insult.
minus-squareS_H_K@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·8 months agoNon native here: I even saw the movie.
“Your mother was a hamster!” is pretty self-explanatory though.
But elderberries smell rather nice. Or at least the last elderberry jam I had was quite lovely. So that certainly makes for a confusing insult.
Non native here: I even saw the movie.