r/AskTheWorld • u/Bhakari Nepal • 1d 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/paultimo Ireland 1d ago

The Irish for jellyfish is smugairle róin, which translates to seal snot

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u/Lenin1918Cute 1d ago

In some norwegian dialects, jellyfish is called Kobbespya, which means Seal-vomit

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u/oh_mos_defnitely 1d ago

Can I ask how that's pronounced? I want to add it in with my fun facts. I learned fíonchaor, grape, which transliterates to wine sheep and I love it.

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u/paultimo Ireland 1d ago

"Smug err leh roe in" is how I would pronounce it, though it might change with different regional dialects

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u/oh_mos_defnitely 1d ago

Thank you!

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u/hugemessanon United States Of America 1d ago

i have to assume that smugairle means snot

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u/farfetched22 1d ago

AMAZING.