rico@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 7 days agowhen i type "hai", a dolphin emoji pops up and my phone's autocorrect switches to other languages sometimes. in what language is "hai" related to dolphins?message-squaremessage-square9fedilinkarrow-up140arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up140arrow-down1message-squarewhen i type "hai", a dolphin emoji pops up and my phone's autocorrect switches to other languages sometimes. in what language is "hai" related to dolphins?rico@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 7 days agomessage-square9fedilinkfile-text
it also autocorrects to german despite the fact that i don’t speak it, but i don’t believe hai is german for dolphin??
minus-squarezer0@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·7 hours ago1 less “a” for the German Shark: “Hai” (As already mentioned in another comment)
minus-squareMaerman@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up2·7 days agoIt’s the same in Afrikaans. But there’s a 60% overlap in the vocabulary there, so it makes sense.
In Dutch, the word is “haai” for shark.
1 less “a” for the German Shark: “Hai”
(As already mentioned in another comment)
It’s the same in Afrikaans. But there’s a 60% overlap in the vocabulary there, so it makes sense.