The Dutch language has different words for "head" (human) and "head" (animal), "hoofd" and "kop" respectively.
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The Dutch language has different words for "head" (human) and "head" (animal), "hoofd" and "kop" respectively.
Growing up in the Netherlands, I thought this was normal. I knew English doesn't have this distinction, but I assumed other languages do.
Well, I just looked into it in German, French, Polish, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish, French, Spanish and Portuguese and guess what... none of them have separate words for these! What!
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The Dutch language has different words for "head" (human) and "head" (animal), "hoofd" and "kop" respectively.
Growing up in the Netherlands, I thought this was normal. I knew English doesn't have this distinction, but I assumed other languages do.
Well, I just looked into it in German, French, Polish, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish, French, Spanish and Portuguese and guess what... none of them have separate words for these! What!
@Tijn We can use "kop" for a human head, as an insult, without having to specify which animal's brainpowers we associate them with. Didn't realise we alone have that. Nice.
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