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Why Britons have 546 words for drunkenness
- n4r9 3y agoThis other article has the full list: https://www.thedrinksbusiness.com/2024/02/the-546-english-words-for-drunk/ https://www.thedrinksbusiness.com/2024/02/the-546-english-wo...
- RAdrien 3y agoSome of these are very country or group specific. “Lit” is a term used in American hip hop. “Pissed” is mainly used in Britain. “Wasted” is used by American high school and college students.
- n4r9 3y agoIt's meant to capture words used in Britain. No doubt some people use "lit", and I definitely hear "wasted" plenty.
- teleforce 3y agoSimilarly why Eskimo people has so many words for ice and likewise Arabic has so many words for sword. In terestingly the Quran as the corpus and golden standard for Arabic language does not contains the word sword in its entirety.
- zaphirplane 3y agojust come out with the racism and Islamophobia instead of the subtle malevolent insinuation
- teleforce 3y agoOn the contrary, the orientalist came out with the false claim of Islam spread by the sword but the word is not even mentioned in the Quran although culturally Arab people has strong affinity with the sword.
- zaphirplane 3y agoYou know this how ? I stand by what I said your comment is malicious
- teleforce 3y agoNo worries, you're entitled to your opinion. The following statement is taken from the article in [1]. The noted historian De Lacy O'Leary wrote: "History makes it clear however, that the legend of fanatical Muslims sweeping through the world and forcing Islam at the point of the sword upon conquered races is one of the most fantastically absurd myths that historians have ever repeated." [1] [1] Islam spread by the message of love and not by the sword: https://www.arabnews.com/islam-perspective/islam-spread-message-love-and-not-sword https://www.arabnews.com/islam-perspective/islam-spread-mess...
- samarthr1 3y agoAnd definitely not imposed on newly conquered lands, where temples were broken, and mosques built on the ruins, using the same stone.
- peterpost2 3y agoCalm down now, they aren't Christians.
- dorkwood 3y agoI haven't counted but I feel like we probably have just as many words for snow as they do. Snow, slush, powder, hail, sleet, avalanche, blizzard etc.
- smusamashah 3y agoArabic has hundreds of words for Camel. Never heard the Arabic example with sword before.