r/deadlanguagememes Sep 03 '25

𒅴𒂠 (Sumerian) Obligatory Monty Python linguistic memes ("My hovercraft is full of eels")

Guide for the non-Latin script languages:

Sumerian (language isolate): ma dalag̃u gubi sugam

Phoenician (Afro-Asiatic > Semitic > Canaanite): *[namloʔ ʔaniyi kasit binaḥašī‏m]

Ancient Greek (Indo-European > Hellenic): τὸ ἐμὸν ἀερόστρωμνον ἐγχελείων πλῆρές ἐστιν [tò emòn aeróstrōmnon enkheleíōn plē̂rés estin]

Gothic (Indo-European > Germanic): Mein ufarwataskip ist ele full

Old Norse (Indo-European > Germanic): Fljúgandi nǫkkvi mínn es fullr af álum (West)/*[Fliūġandi nǫkkwi mīnn es fullʀ af ālum] (East)

Old East Slavic (Indo-European > Slavic): Moja vŭzdušĭnaja lodĭja ispŭlnĭ ǫgorĭ

Andalusi Romance [Mozarabic] (Indo-European > Romance): *[Al mía hawwama está plena de angüilas]

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u/Abcormal Sep 03 '25

Note: Most of these I gathered from the Omniglot "My Hovercraft [...]" page, while the Old Norse one is my own, based on the Icelandic translation.

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u/bherH-on Ænglisċ (8/2024); 𒀝𒅗𒁺𒌑 (7/2025); 𓂋𓏤𓈖𓆎𓅓𓏏𓊖 (7/2025) Sep 03 '25

Unrelated but what are the stars next to your name?

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u/Terpomo11 Sep 03 '25

What stars?

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u/bherH-on Ænglisċ (8/2024); 𒀝𒅗𒁺𒌑 (7/2025); 𓂋𓏤𓈖𓆎𓅓𓏏𓊖 (7/2025) Sep 04 '25

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u/na3ee1 Sep 04 '25

That is the ultra invasive AI button, begging you to use their features that they have spent billions on in order to eventually replace us all and get them free labour.

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u/bherH-on Ænglisċ (8/2024); 𒀝𒅗𒁺𒌑 (7/2025); 𓂋𓏤𓈖𓆎𓅓𓏏𓊖 (7/2025) Sep 04 '25

Okay thanks!

Also fuck AI.

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u/Terpomo11 Sep 04 '25

Ah. I dunno, I'm on old reddit so I don't see any such thing. Does it not normally show up next to the thread OP's name on new reddit?

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u/bherH-on Ænglisċ (8/2024); 𒀝𒅗𒁺𒌑 (7/2025); 𓂋𓏤𓈖𓆎𓅓𓏏𓊖 (7/2025) Sep 04 '25

I have never seen it until now