A crazy language phenomenon

Take a look at this interesting, yet crazy, post from @thelanguagenerds on IG

Is it the same in any other language you may know?

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doesn’t work the same in welsh, sadly :frowning:

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but this is still really cool! never thought of it like this before!!

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super cool to see how there could be coincidental (or maybe purposeful) convergences in language

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is there a reason for it?

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Doesn’t work in Latvian either, even if it the languages is highly influenced by German

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Thus is so interesting i suppose its because it turns night in most places at 8

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Omg yeah! I’d never thought of this!!!

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I don’t think so! Not a confirmed reason anyway

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crazy!

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that is so cool!

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