Dutch: verstandskies, translated to wisdom tooth as verstand means wisdom, but if you change the intonation, you get the real original word: ver-stands-kies, meaning far standing tooth. The English word wisdom tooth is a wrong translation of the Dutch.
in German it’s also wisdom teeth. I’m wondering why that is now…
A friend of mine had six wisdom teeth. Does that mean he’s especially wise or especially judgemental?
My brother has none, spared him from getting them removed haha
If in US, means dentist got a new yacht
I was going to say that in Europe too, but at least in Spain, teeth of judgment can be removed by public healthcare.
No, it means he’s being judged for his sins.
Yes
Juicio in that sense means “good sense” not judgement.
So, like… wisdom.
In this case yes. The meme has some truth in it, in that juicio can also mean trial or judgement - it’s just that no one would interpret it like that in this context.
In italian it’s literally “Judgement theeth”
In Indonesian, it’s “lastborn tooth”.
Incidentally, we keep track of translations on Wiktionary, and we recently added a picture dictionary so you can see the names of the other teeth too. ^_^
Edit: Also, incisors in Japanese are “gate teeth”, which I think is lovely.
The root of the tooth do be looken kinda 🤌
yeah but I think the meaning is still “good sense”
One of mine came in sideways like that. Shattered in my jaw eventually. Had it removed right before everything closed down from covid.
i had one of those bad boys insanely infected and the post-removal (surgery) pain was easily the worst i’ve ever experienced, and i’ve had my collarbone split in half from falling off a bicycle
Explains the behaviour of the Spanish Inquisition.
Does that mean Spanish dentists have comfy chairs? :::
It’s las muelas del juicio because you get to judge how high your pain threshold is when they’re removed 🥲
Little bastards Is what they are.
