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Minnesotan Orthodox!!7PVmJUxNNM Gqhb!EI7 02/27/26 (Fri) 20:23:03 №2945981 [Quote]

In the English language, most of our words to describe intelligence relate to sharpness, at least the ones with a Germanic origin. You can call someone sharp or acute, which is self explanatory. You can describe someone as smart, which refers to a sharp, biting pain. You can describe someone as clever, which is cognate with "cleave", etc.

Is this the case in any other unrelated languages?

Chud Eb1DqErO [VPN] 02/27/26 (Fri) 20:23:55 №2945986 [Quote]

Holy snca

Scob svkZgo5e 02/27/26 (Fri) 20:24:21 №2945990 [Quote]

Holy seca

Minnesotan Orthodox!!7PVmJUxNNM Gqhb!EI7 02/27/26 (Fri) 20:47:02 №2946176 [Quote]

selfish bump

Chud vtkmB2p4 02/27/26 (Fri) 20:47:53 №2946186 [Quote]

Informative snca

Govno exv3y!jr 02/27/26 (Fri) 20:48:33 №2946191 [Quote]

In my language smart just means smart

moidslayer!!gvylf0pdGc iD1XUDSI 02/27/26 (Fri) 20:49:32 №2946201 [Quote]

ig in czech "tupy" means dull but also dumb

moidslayer!!gvylf0pdGc iD1XUDSI 02/27/26 (Fri) 20:51:21 №2946219 [Quote]

>>2946201
obsessed website can't handle funny czech letters

Scob NhNhFtAC 02/27/26 (Fri) 20:52:07 №2946230 [Quote]

btw medshit words in the English language are pseudo intellectual reddit buzzwords

Gold UQDpKsV4 02/27/26 (Fri) 20:52:25 №2946233 [Quote]

This is also in dutch and frisian

Asoori!tUUSCNjouw bsk709RC 02/27/26 (Fri) 20:53:47 №2946243 [Quote]

>>2945981 (OP)
In the Semitic languages as well, at least Arabic and AFAIK Middle Aramaic.

Chud LWigL^8o 02/27/26 (Fri) 20:58:22 №2946276 [Quote]

>>2945981 (OP)
swords are so cool they've infected our language

Scob ObqmXG4E 02/27/26 (Fri) 21:00:23 №2946290 [Quote]

Norwegian has this

Minnesotan Orthodox!!7PVmJUxNNM Gqhb!EI7 02/27/26 (Fri) 21:13:37 №2946415 [Quote]

>>2946201
Oh yeah I forgot to mention the inverse

Chud ObqmXG4E 02/27/26 (Fri) 21:13:53 №2946424 [Quote]

OMGSISA

Scob ObqmXG4E 02/27/26 (Fri) 21:14:07 №2946427 [Quote]

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