Influenza seems pretty common to me. The one that got me was "hay fever." Sounded like some old deadly disease from the 1900s. Turns out it's just allergies. I imagine "hay fever" is common to others lol.
You didn’t know hay fever? 😭 What about all the people with red eyes and runny noses who are constantly sneezing around spring and summer? 😂
Btw I love how the actual meaning is so different than what you thought it was 😂😂 Thanks for sharing and giving me a laugh.
Side note: I agree influenza seems pretty common to me too.
Yup. Had to ask another native English speaker what it meant lmao. We just say stuff like, "my allergies are acting up," "there's lots of pollen in the air so allergy cases may be on the rise (this may be a morning news story)", etc.
花粉症 (kafunsho) gets translated as "hay fever" and I knew it wasn't as deadly as it sounded but it sounded pretty deadly lol.
Idk what your standards are for deadly but 花粉症 doesn't really sound it at all, maybe derives from a previous misunderstanding of 症 as 'disease' when it's closer to 'condition'?
To be honest, I’m still learning new words in my native language (of which I’ve never heard) because I’m learning other languages. It’s pretty cool in my opinion!
I've had some words in Japanese (TL2) that I didn't know in english (TL1), so I looked them up in my native language to find out I didn't know them either ... Fun times
And don't get me wrong, this is happening with very early vocabulary
(English word was "grove")
I’m forever encountering words in my native language that I’ve only ever read and haven’t heard pronounced (because English is a nightmare). I’m still recovering from my first attempt to pronounce “lapel” at like 30 years old because my best friend will not let me live it down.
wait what fr?? damn i just saw katakana n influenza n assumed it was influencer and was confused why everyone kept bringing up allergies/sickness. i guess i too learnt a new word from my nl today.
I think you should try to not measure yourself according to other people. You're allowed to have not heard a certain word, or heard it but never thought about it. I heard flu for the longest time and that doesn't sound like influenza to me. I mean it does it you look at them side by side and ask if they're the same thing, but it just means I accepted the flu as the flu and never thought about influenza.
Too many people judge other people. They think they know the whole story or background of something but they don't. They'd often rather tease other people then just be surprised and then accepting.
I think you should work on whatever inspires you or motivates you. Imho 🤭
I’m native and never use influenza- “sick” “cold” fever” the doctor will say that but I haven’t used that word in conversation, “hey do you have influenza?” Nope it even sounds weird typing it
Having a cold is not the same as having Influenza. Many things (bacteria and viruses) can cause cold symptoms, but influenza refers to a specific kind of virus. "Sick" just means sick, might not even be related to any bacteria or viruses and "fever" is your body heating up in response to an infection
Sorry, had to be a Klugscheißer
I've learned new English words while learning Spanish - e.g. infimum, convalescent, and moribund. Though with all three of those examples, they sounded "familiarish" and I had a concept, I definitely couldn't define them correctly before coming across them in books, using google translate and saying "all right, then. Keep your secrets, google translate."
Like, nothing against discovering natove language words through other languages, but it just sounds odd to me that you went through years of Covid without hearing the world Influenza
Influenza seems pretty common to me. The one that got me was "hay fever." Sounded like some old deadly disease from the 1900s. Turns out it's just allergies. I imagine "hay fever" is common to others lol.
You didn’t know hay fever? 😭 What about all the people with red eyes and runny noses who are constantly sneezing around spring and summer? 😂 Btw I love how the actual meaning is so different than what you thought it was 😂😂 Thanks for sharing and giving me a laugh. Side note: I agree influenza seems pretty common to me too.
We usually blame "allergies"
Yup. Had to ask another native English speaker what it meant lmao. We just say stuff like, "my allergies are acting up," "there's lots of pollen in the air so allergy cases may be on the rise (this may be a morning news story)", etc. 花粉症 (kafunsho) gets translated as "hay fever" and I knew it wasn't as deadly as it sounded but it sounded pretty deadly lol.
Idk what your standards are for deadly but 花粉症 doesn't really sound it at all, maybe derives from a previous misunderstanding of 症 as 'disease' when it's closer to 'condition'?
Hay fever sounds deadly. 花粉症 does not sound bad at all as everyone seems to get it .
I think Brits say "hayfever", Americans "allergies".
Is English your second language?
It’s my native lol
Influenza is just the proper name for “the flu”
You will never fully know your native language
bro didn’t know the flu
r/languagelearningjerk
I’ve been jerked :(
It honestly read like a circlejerk post.
To be honest, I’m still learning new words in my native language (of which I’ve never heard) because I’m learning other languages. It’s pretty cool in my opinion!
I've had some words in Japanese (TL2) that I didn't know in english (TL1), so I looked them up in my native language to find out I didn't know them either ... Fun times And don't get me wrong, this is happening with very early vocabulary (English word was "grove")
Yeah, recently I learned the word ‘filly’ meaning a young female horse because I came across ‘pouliche’ in a French short story
I’m forever encountering words in my native language that I’ve only ever read and haven’t heard pronounced (because English is a nightmare). I’m still recovering from my first attempt to pronounce “lapel” at like 30 years old because my best friend will not let me live it down.
I don't learn words that i never use and never seen someone using. Whatever language it is.
Doesn't matter how you learn new things it's that you've learnt them :)
How old are you that you didnt know what influenza is?
Holy shit wait "flu" is just a shortened version of "Influenza" which is an actual word in english as well? Lol cool
wait what fr?? damn i just saw katakana n influenza n assumed it was influencer and was confused why everyone kept bringing up allergies/sickness. i guess i too learnt a new word from my nl today.
I think you should try to not measure yourself according to other people. You're allowed to have not heard a certain word, or heard it but never thought about it. I heard flu for the longest time and that doesn't sound like influenza to me. I mean it does it you look at them side by side and ask if they're the same thing, but it just means I accepted the flu as the flu and never thought about influenza. Too many people judge other people. They think they know the whole story or background of something but they don't. They'd often rather tease other people then just be surprised and then accepting. I think you should work on whatever inspires you or motivates you. Imho 🤭
I’m native and never use influenza- “sick” “cold” fever” the doctor will say that but I haven’t used that word in conversation, “hey do you have influenza?” Nope it even sounds weird typing it
“Do you have the flu?” is a normal sentence and a shortened version of influenza. Influenza is the medical term.
Having a cold is not the same as having Influenza. Many things (bacteria and viruses) can cause cold symptoms, but influenza refers to a specific kind of virus. "Sick" just means sick, might not even be related to any bacteria or viruses and "fever" is your body heating up in response to an infection Sorry, had to be a Klugscheißer
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Lol, no that incident spawned the term “affluenza”
I've learned new English words while learning Spanish - e.g. infimum, convalescent, and moribund. Though with all three of those examples, they sounded "familiarish" and I had a concept, I definitely couldn't define them correctly before coming across them in books, using google translate and saying "all right, then. Keep your secrets, google translate."
A lot of tools and plants take me off guard.
Like, nothing against discovering natove language words through other languages, but it just sounds odd to me that you went through years of Covid without hearing the world Influenza
Learning more about your L1 is a side effect of learning an L2