minus-squareghurab@lemmy.worldtoAsk Lemmy@lemmy.world•What are some pairs of words in any language that are easy for non-native speakers to confuse and can result in some embarrassing or unintentionally offensive or obscene exchanges?linkfedilinkarrow-up5·10 hours agohuur and hoer in Dutch. the first is rent and the second is whore. linkfedilink
minus-squareghurab@lemmy.worldtoNews@lemmy.world•Robert F Kennedy Jr. says Arabs don’t produce science or literaturelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·16 days agoAl-khwarizmi was not Arab tho. linkfedilink
huur and hoer in Dutch. the first is rent and the second is whore.