Things that are not the same

glennmagusharvey · 2021-03-20 19:21:01

* Yuja Wang, pianist
* Yujia Wang, character in Assault Lily: Bouquet

glennmagusharvey · 2022-01-03 21:33:00

* Bras
* Obras
* Oblast
* Oh, blast!

lrdgck · 2022-01-04 10:16:28

* oblate
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas_wafer

glennmagusharvey · 2022-10-30 07:34:15

* plata (lit. silver; Spanish slang for money)
* Plachta (the talking book from Atelier Sophie)

glennmagusharvey · 2023-01-11 21:17:16

people who are not the same:

* Duda
* Lula

glennmagusharvey · 2023-02-15 04:30:09

people who are not the same:

Chuck Robb
Chuck Todd

animals that are not the same:

bushpig
hedgehog

lrdgck · 2023-03-09 19:29:00

Enver Hoxha
Enver Hoxha

glennmagusharvey · 2023-11-17 16:09:14

games that are not the same:

Astral Ascent: https://www.gog.com/en/game/astral_ascent
Astria Ascending: https://www.gog.com/en/game/astria_ascending

Stormtroper · 2023-11-18 17:59:08

I thought I had posted this one already:
* Danganronpa 3
* Danganronpa V3

lrdgck · 2023-11-26 08:29:45

Stormtroper wrote: »

So, Lost Caverns of Ixalan, in which we go back to the world of not-Aztecs, not-conquistadores*, not-Caribbean yes-pirates, the occasional dinosaur and whatever pre-Columbian culture the Merfolk are supposed to represent. Also the clothes of the underground dudes remind me of Incan clothing, so there's that.

* Translator's note: conquistador means conqueror

* conqueror
* conquistador

I get the notion that outside of Spanish (obviously) the name stuck as a specific subset of conqueror where instead of generic conquering you're wearing a morion helmet and are restricted to conquering people with a specific theme, not that I want to start a quarrel over it.

glennmagusharvey · 2023-11-26 21:40:04

i misread that as "moron helmet"

Stormtroper · 2023-11-26 22:29:46

^^ It's that thing in English (and some other languages maybe?) where the normal word for X in the language of place Y is taken to mean "X, but it's from Y", like how "sombrero" means the Mexican hat or "anime" means Japanese animation. I wouldn't be surprised if tomorrow I learn that "hussar" is the normal Polish word for cavalry.

lrdgck · 2023-11-27 08:59:58

I wouldn't be surprised if tomorrow I learn that "hussar" is the normal Polish word for cavalry.

It's not, but it's reasonably close to Serbian for "brigand" or something like that.

Also, for what it's worth I was once surprised to discover the Polish word for cap (as in, you wear it on your head but it's not a hat) means a specific Napoleonic-era military headgear in the wider world. Which in turn is called in Polish by what seems to be the French mangled mispronounciation of the word.

Stormtroper · 2023-11-27 23:44:31

(and some other languages maybe?)

Conversation is related to Spanish

"anime" means Japanese animation

Well, that's an obvious example.
Spanish also has "zar" meaning "tzar" meaning "caesar, but from Russia", and "sultan" too, but otherwise I feel it's done much less than in English.
Half example: shiba inu.

lrdgck · 2023-11-28 08:09:05

You remind me there's a breed of dog we call "dog". I guess it's because it's an English breed.

glennmagusharvey · 2023-11-28 14:01:15

lrdgck wrote: »

You remind me there's a breed of dog we call "dog". I guess it's because it's an English breed.

Are you sure it's not a Mabari War Hound?

glennmagusharvey · 2023-11-28 14:01:24

People who are not the same:

Nana Mizuki
Nazuna Miki

Stormtroper · 2024-01-13 09:18:24

Stormtroper wrote: »

So after that other post I realized this fits here:

* X-COM: UFO Defense, a video game.
* UFO: Enemy Unknown, the same but European.
* XCOM: Enemy Unknown, the same but 2012.

* x.com: A website.

glennmagusharvey · 2024-01-19 03:33:38

Memes that are not the same:
* epic sax guy
* sexy sax man

glennmagusharvey · 2024-01-21 22:37:01

The Rage of Dragons
Rage of Bahamut

glennmagusharvey · 2024-01-22 07:30:05

Dmitri Kabalevsky - Clowning, Op. 27 #10
Dmitri Kabalevsky - Clowns, Op. 39 #20

Stormtroper · 2024-01-24 13:59:13

* To act like something: To behave in a certain way
* To act like something: To pretend to behave in a certain way without that being the case.

Stormtroper · 2024-02-23 20:37:59

* Silicon
* Silicone

lrdgck · 2024-02-25 20:39:39

* Silly cone

lrdgck · 2024-05-14 08:52:15

* magnetic pole
* magnetic Pole

glennmagusharvey · 2024-05-30 15:01:37

* hummus
* humus

lrdgck · 2024-06-14 13:22:04

* Dirac delta
* a function

Stormtroper · 2024-06-15 06:59:50

I remember Leithold's book on differential equations is, other than some of the more theoretical proofs, all nice and easy to follow without a background in pure math. The exception is a paragraph with the author going off about how the Dirac delta is not a function, that I couldn't begin to understand (at least at the time).

My favorite explanation of it is that it's a function that is 0 everywhere except at a single point where it is just infinite enough so that it integrates to 1.

Related: All total orders are partial orders, all cylindrical and toroidal spaces are flat, and the clopen sets Hitler from the other day.

glennmagusharvey · 2024-06-15 16:17:55

That's how I understand the Dirac delta function as well.

It seems to be used in physics as a sudden impulse causing a change in state in an integral of it. Like a punch in the gut, but used for stuff like switches and square waves.

meanwhile...

notes to self: (a.k.a. "i hate woodpecker names")

red-bellied woodpecker: has a red head, and a rarely-seen and less red belly.
red-headed woodpecker: has a very red head.
red-cockaded woodpecker: basically doesn't have red anywhere, except a rarely-seen speck.
pileated woodpecker: has a prominent red crest on its head, but no "red" in the name.

Stormtroper · 2024-07-12 03:46:09

* Ideal gas
* Perfect gas

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