Adrianslont wrote:… when you know Krashenite is not a rare mineral.
When you read this post and begin to wonder, was the original post meant to be a play on "Kryptonite", and all that would imply?
Adrianslont wrote:… when you know Krashenite is not a rare mineral.
mick33 wrote:"конфеы".
Iversen wrote:mick33 wrote:"конфеы".
When your eyes are mercilessly drawn to the word above because it looks like a spelling error, and only later you notice that it's about Mick's mother getting a chocolate bar from Russia. And you write the previous sentence before the thought occurs to you to look it up in Google, and only then you discover that it is a plural word meaning "sweets" in Ukrainian ("конфеї "- please notice the trema). We all have holes in our vocabularies...
When you double-check whether конфеы exists even though you know it's a typomick33 wrote:The other day my mom was given a candy bar with a wrapper with the words "коровка вафелбные конфеы шоколад" and she asked me if it was German.
Конфета is exactly the same thing, but there are also basic cheaper ones that you wouldn't give as a gift but just eat at home with your tea and offer to your guests/neighbours/visitors. I wouldn't be surprised if many people actually like the basic ones more, especially those they remember from childhood. I'd say most ppl have at least one kind they really like and one they hate Look up советские конфеты if you want some examples.Iversen wrote:As for Danish "konfekt" it is usually small pieces of sweet things like nougat or marcipan or chocolate or liquorice, typically composed of more than one thing and invitingly decorated to make you forget the price tag.
Serpent wrote:Коровка (literally little cow) is a kind of sweets similar to toffee, but the second word means waffle. I don't see how you can combine toffee and waffle
luke wrote:Adrianslont wrote:… when you know Krashenite is not a rare mineral.
When you read this post and begin to wonder, was the original post meant to be a play on "Kryptonite", and all that would imply?
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