miz [any, any] to languagelearning • 12 hours agohow is COVID referred to in your target language? saying COVID in Chinese: 新冠肺炎 xīnguānfèiyán or "new corona lung inflammation"message-squaremessage-square8 fedilinkarrow-up127
arrow-up127message-squarehow is COVID referred to in your target language? saying COVID in Chinese: 新冠肺炎 xīnguānfèiyán or "new corona lung inflammation"miz [any, any] to languagelearning • 12 hours agomessage-square8 Commentsfedilink
minus-squareBashfulBob [none/use name]hexbear10·12 hours agoHonestly, I feel like calling it "lung inflammation" would get people's attention so much better than just the COVID shorthand. Much more literal and straightforward. link
minus-squaremiz [any, any]hexagonhexbear7·edit-212 hours agoit needs an old timey name like 'the grippe' link
minus-squareLemmygradwontallowme [he/him, comrade/them]hexbear5·12 hours agoLung inflammation? Has as much ring as "operational exhaustion" link
Honestly, I feel like calling it "lung inflammation" would get people's attention so much better than just the COVID shorthand.
Much more literal and straightforward.
it needs an old timey name like 'the grippe'
Lung inflammation? Has as much ring as "operational exhaustion"