Comments by "kxmode" (@kxmode) on "RobWords" channel.

  1. But it's also named after ancient fiction. So it's like a Middle Earth, but Arabic?
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  2. I don't need to watch the video to know that German is often associated with a particular group of people from World War II who are portrayed in film and television as villains. The default sound people make when speaking spoof German isn't native German; it's Nazi-German yelling. This is essentially a discriminatory treatment of the German language (and, by extension, the people). If you think of German in this light, you're perpetuating the stereotype.
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  3. Wow! So that's why my mom (German) kept saying "dousand"... as in "three dousand dollars".
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  4. The reason why languages have evolved over time to include so many words, is that a word was needed to describe something specific. A language with only 137 words doesn't have enough words to describe beauty, scale, environment, or anything else that requires specificity and texture. It's a plain yogurt language whose only purpose is utility. Also, it has ZERO use outside of novelty. For example, English is an internal language. It also happens to be the default language for programming language syntax.
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  5. For me, the negativity is learning another language that I see as having no practical value. If I'm going to spend time learning a language I'd rather pick a known one like German or Spanish, or another programming language.
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  6. In programming, many languages share similar syntax. For example, "function" is used to define a function whose purpose is to group a series of actions into a self-contained event that can be called repeatedly. In a language like GDscript (Godot game engine), a function is called "func," and in Python, it's called "def." But they all basically mean the same thing: a function. Given this, I speak English but understand and can write multiple programming languages. :)
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  7. But we have BACKPFIFENGESICHT in English. It's called SLAPPABLEFACE :D
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  8. Oh, great. I live in a Caliphate. 🤪
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  9. TIL "Ye" means "The" 👍
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  10. "Dord" being "D or d" is not only hilarious, but I was thought, "that seems pretty smart."
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  11. If Q heard you he'd snap you out of existence. 😄
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  12. Here are a few compound words invented by English speakers: Goodwill, Suncrisp, Dreamscape, Soundwave, Flashfreeze, Quickcraft, Lightbounce, A few fictionalized words: Warpspeed, Hyperjump And... Antidisestablishmentarianism (which almost looks German in its length)
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  13. Here's an interesting historical shift: "prodigies" used to mean "omens." In Latin, prodigium referred to a sign, omen, or portent—often something supernatural that hinted at future events. This meaning carried over into English in the 16th century, when "prodigy" still described something strange or unnatural that foreshadowed what would come. So, if someone traveled back in time and called William Shakespeare a prodigy, people might panic! 😃
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  14. I think cactus and cacti confuse me. You would think cacti means one, but it actually means the plural of cactus; which is one cacti.
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