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How to say "peace" in European languages(o.mastodon.au)

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omgarm@feddit.nl
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Heh, Fred.

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Masimatutu@lemm.eeOP
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Why yes, the name Frederick literally comes from the Germanic words frid (peace) and ric (ruler)

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emergencyfood@sh.itjust.works
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So the guy who conquered Silesia and half of Poland and made Prussia a Great Power was named ‘King of Peace’?

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MonkderZweite@feddit.ch
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Peace by crushing all opponents. There’s Manga like that.

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GladiusB@lemmy.world
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I was pretty taken back by that

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uis@lemmy.world
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Fred, look alive

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irishPotato@lemmy.world
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The fuckin Scottish over’ere sidin’ with Anakin all willy nilly

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The Assman@sh.itjust.works
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F R E D

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Mereo@lemmy.ca
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For me, it’s like if it means freedom or frieden in German…

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Falldamage@lemm.ee
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The Dutch ”vrede” would translate to ”wrath” in Swedish. Just fyi

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Masimatutu@lemm.eeOP
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I speak both languages fluently but I never noticed, lol

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Tony! Toni! Toné! ☑️@lemmy.ml
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TIL the USSR named their space station “peace”

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Masimatutu@lemm.eeOP
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IIRC it also means “world”.

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Nepenthe@kbin.social
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So… “world peace” is just…? Google returns a phrase that it translates back into “peace in everything,” but the word does repeat in that phrase. I’m sure it’s a contextual thing and I know some things just don’t carry over between languages, but now I’m interested in how Russian works.

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8deus8@lemmy.world
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That would be мир во всем мире, literally peace in all the world

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ChicoSuave@lemmy.world
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Much like Eskimo have 27 words for snow because they have so much exposure and have to denote subtle variations, Russians lumped a bunch of unused words together. World peace? Not in Russian!

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someguy7734206@sh.itjust.works
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You are correct.

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hansl@lemmy.world
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The whole point was to get past the Cold War and make union between countries. MIR was peace; Americans and Russians working together for all mankind’s scientific progress

Then came politics.

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