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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The best ones are thoughts that many people can relate to and they find something funny or interesting in regular stuff.

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Languages without the letter U can't call it a U turn. (lemmy.ca)

submitted 1 year ago by someguy3@lemmy.ca to c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world

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[–] TheWonderfool@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Even though the letter U is definitely existing in the vocabulary, in Italian it is called "elbow turn" (curva a gomito)!

[–] Hazdaz@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Italian.... “elbow turn”

I'd be willing to bet that when they say elbow they mean the pasta.

[–] TheWonderfool@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Thank you for making me discover elbow pasta! It deepens my conviction that everything in Italy is somehow related to pasta...

[–] Gork@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

How do they not get it confused with elbow pasta?

[–] TheWonderfool@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Confusingly enough, in Italy I believe it is not quite a thing "elbow pasta". Personally I have never heard anyone refer to any kind of pasta as "gomiti", though Google showed me that they indeed exist. I have always heard the ones that looks like elbows in other names.

[–] wheeldawg@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

Letters aren't part of vocabulary though?