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minus-squareBrummbaer@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up24arrow-down1·2 days agoWhat an odd choice of country.
minus-squareSippyCup@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20·2 days agoIt’s cheap, and it’s beautiful. With a little bit of money you could live like a king there
minus-squareEvergreenGuru@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·2 days agoSome even say that Albania is the New York of Albania.
minus-squareBrummbaer@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·2 days agoI’ll pass, I’m not straight and religious enough to enjoy it there.
minus-squareotter@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·2 days agoEven those that are, aren’t.
minus-squareBarneyPiccolo@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·2 days agoProbably the only one that would take him.
minus-squareede@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·edit-22 days agoProbably for the proshutë në avull.
minus-squareBrummbaer@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 days agoIf that is another Simpsons reverence, well done. Maybe I’m missing subtext here and “steamed ham” means something else in Albanian.
minus-squareAkasazh@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·2 days agoWhat does the expression mean?
minus-squareMajorasTerribleFate@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 day agoI couldn’t quickly turn up anything to suggest it’s used in any idiomatic expression, so presumably they just meant it’s a normal Albanian term rather than any figure of speech.
What an odd choice of country.
It’s cheap, and it’s beautiful. With a little bit of money you could live like a king there
Some even say that Albania is the New York of Albania.
I’ll pass, I’m not straight and religious enough to enjoy it there.
Even those that are, aren’t.
Probably the only one that would take him.
Probably for the proshutë në avull.
If that is another Simpsons reverence, well done. Maybe I’m missing subtext here and “steamed ham” means something else in Albanian.
It’s an
Albanyalbanian expression.Bravo. Begins slow clap
What does the expression mean?
I couldn’t quickly turn up anything to suggest it’s used in any idiomatic expression, so presumably they just meant it’s a normal Albanian term rather than any figure of speech.
Thanks for looking out up!