FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 3 months agoIt's weird how we say "go to sleep" as if sleep is a placemessage-squaremessage-square25fedilinkarrow-up19arrow-down10
arrow-up19arrow-down1message-squareIt's weird how we say "go to sleep" as if sleep is a placeFreshParsnip@lemmy.ca to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 3 months agomessage-square25fedilink
minus-squareGoldholz @lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·3 months agoIn german we say either say “go” or “laying to sleep/rest”
minus-square9point6@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 months agoHuh that’s funny, “laying to rest” in English is an expression for burying someone after they have died
minus-square🦄🦄🦄@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 months agoWe also call the event of publicly watching soccer matches etc. “public viewing” so…
minus-squareGoldholz @lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 months agoYeah we also say “they are not yet under the world of the living” if someone is still asleep
In german we say either say “go” or “laying to sleep/rest”
Huh that’s funny, “laying to rest” in English is an expression for burying someone after they have died
We also call the event of publicly watching soccer matches etc. “public viewing” so…
Yeah we also say “they are not yet under the world of the living” if someone is still asleep