Bluetreefrog@lemmy.worldM to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoWhat hobby seems boring to most people but is actually fascinating if you dive into it?message-squaremessage-square120fedilinkarrow-up1214arrow-down12file-text
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minus-squarethe dopamine fiend@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up17·1 year agoVodka. Take the Russian word for “water,” essential for survival and comfort, and convert it to the diminutive case, indicating something even more precious to you than life itself. Words always mean things.
minus-squareteft@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·1 year agoWhiskey is similar. It comes from the Gaelic uisge beatha which means water of life.
minus-squareMxM111@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down1·1 year agoWater is the main ingredient of vodka.
Vodka. Take the Russian word for “water,” essential for survival and comfort, and convert it to the diminutive case, indicating something even more precious to you than life itself.
Words always mean things.
Whiskey is similar. It comes from the Gaelic uisge beatha which means water of life.
Water is the main ingredient of vodka.