RufusLoacker

joined 1 year ago
[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago (4 children)

The problem is: what else?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago

Oh trust me, it happens a lot even between native speakers, and it irks me too haha

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago (2 children)

From a quick search that didn't provide anything really insightful, it seems that at least in Italian the term has been used since the XIV century, so it's not photocopy related

[–] [email protected] 10 points 9 months ago (5 children)

Wait, the resemblance thing is also used in other languages: "spitting image" in English, for example, and "copia sputata" in Italian. I'm actually wondering for the first time where it comes from, so maybe there's a reason for the Portuguese saying to be related to spit

[–] [email protected] 10 points 10 months ago (2 children)

That's literally a spectrograph

[–] [email protected] 7 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I agree with you, but why would you make a calla and listen to music at the same time?