orteil42:

for as much as i’ve tried to distance myself from my native tongue i still think it’s got some really beautiful words… the english language doesn’t have anything close to this meaning

image
  1. roseofsomekind reblogged this from orteil42
  2. nathan67003 said: ah, yes, “balls”
  3. lexiconga reblogged this from orteil42 and added:
    Hey, that’s a word I’ve needed and created several times this year when working on conlangs! It’s cool to see that it...
  4. duran-duran-less-official reblogged this from theindefinitejames and added:
    Yeah, of all things, the Latin gives it away. I happen to know that “coleus” means “testicle”, and apparently so does...
  5. theindefinitejames reblogged this from orteil42 and added:
    I feeeel like I’m being trolled somehow.
  6. lourecati said: This is evil (and hilarious), so many non-French speaker are not going to search for a translation of this. If they use it in conversation to appear smart, it’s on you!
  7. nightingaletherobber said: not-stalgia
  8. orteil42 posted this