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submitted 1 day ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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it also autocorrects to german despite the fact that i don't speak it, but i don't believe hai is german for dolphin??

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)

In Dutch, the word is "haai" for shark.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 18 hours ago

It's the same in Afrikaans. But there's a 60% overlap in the vocabulary there, so it makes sense.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 19 hours ago

Dolphins are famous for their friendly greetings, and make over 4.1 billion dollars a year in the greeting card industry.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Phone's haunted.

Also... Google translate says hai is German for shark. So there's that.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

It is also Finnish for shark.

ETA: it also is Estonian, and Norwegian for shark.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 day ago

„Hai“ is a shark in German.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 day ago (1 children)

At least in Chinese it's 海豚 (haitun).

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago

so it's just wants to go where it was made and swim with the dolphins.