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Or simi for telephone. Another near universal word would be police, wouldn't it? Iceland of course is one of the exceptions! I found those fun facts about Icel
by hef19898 3y ago
Or simi for telephone. Another near universal word would be police, wouldn't it? Iceland of course is one of the exceptions!
I found those fun facts about Icelandic very fascinating when I first visited decades ago as a teenager.
- gilleain 3y agoIs 'police' that universal? I know Irish have the Gardaí - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garda_S%C3%ADoch%C3%A1na https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garda_S%C3%ADoch%C3%A1na. Yes, Icelandic has 'Lögreglu' and Greece has Αστυνομία (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hellenic_Police https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hellenic_Police) but indeed most places use some variant of 'police'.
- swiftcoder 3y ago`Gardaí` is more of a formal name for a specific insitution. The Irish language still has the more generic word `póilín`, which appears to be at least phonetically related to the english `police`.
- WesolyKubeczek 3y agoPolice is Rendőrség in Hungarian, translating to something like “order guard establishment” (-ség corresponds to -ness or -ery suffix in English, more or less, like “pékség” is bakery)