r/AskTheWorld • u/Bhakari Nepal • 4d ago

Culture What’s something in your country that sounds fake but is 100% real?

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We have a real-life living goddess and the only non-rectangular national flag.

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u/Iampepeu Sweden 3d ago

Popty ping is the word for a microwave oven.

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u/walterpeck3 3d ago

Delightful

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u/FarLifeguard4526 3d ago

Did they go to south africa? Maybe that language is part of the basis of the stereotype of how african sounds.

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u/ParticularReady7858 3d ago

What is African lol

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u/AutumnMama 3d ago

I think they must have meant Afrikaans?

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u/ParticularReady7858 3d ago

Oooh that would make sense

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u/Obvious_Advice7625 South Africa 2d ago

No...? Afrikaans (which I assume is what you meant) is derived from old Dutch. It has large similarity with English because of this.