RufusLoacker

joined 1 year ago
[–] RufusLoacker@feddit.it 2 points 10 months ago (4 children)

The problem is: what else?

[–] RufusLoacker@feddit.it 3 points 10 months ago

Oh trust me, it happens a lot even between native speakers, and it irks me too haha

[–] RufusLoacker@feddit.it 5 points 10 months ago (2 children)

From a quick search that didn't provide anything really insightful, it seems that at least in Italian the term has been used since the XIV century, so it's not photocopy related

[–] RufusLoacker@feddit.it 10 points 10 months ago (5 children)

Wait, the resemblance thing is also used in other languages: "spitting image" in English, for example, and "copia sputata" in Italian. I'm actually wondering for the first time where it comes from, so maybe there's a reason for the Portuguese saying to be related to spit

[–] RufusLoacker@feddit.it 10 points 11 months ago (2 children)

That's literally a spectrograph

[–] RufusLoacker@feddit.it 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I got that reference!

[–] RufusLoacker@feddit.it 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I have the same surname as one of the most important composers in music history from the 1500-1600. It wouldn't be so bad if I wasn't a musician, and a composer specifically, myself.

Every people I've interacted with in my trade has made some remarks on it, and if someone searches "[name] composer" they obviously won't get to my music!

[–] RufusLoacker@feddit.it 1 points 1 year ago

Why are you on the reddit community, then?