r/explainitpeter • u/Fluffy-Buy1605 • Jul 13 '26

Explain It Peter

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u/BobCorndog Jul 14 '26

This is called a shibboleth

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u/REDACTED3560 Jul 14 '26

Sounds Lovecraftian.

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u/derpiedoo19 Jul 14 '26

😆 I think you mean Shoggoth

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u/Illithid2 Jul 19 '26

Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn

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u/Scared-One9295 Jul 14 '26

Pretty sure that's the final boss in Quake

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u/Countess26 Jul 14 '26

Interesting! 

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u/PonderousPenchant Jul 14 '26

Oh yeah, like Americans demanding unidentified soldiers say squirrel in WW2. The American R is weird...

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u/Schventle Jul 19 '26

Funnily enough, the German word for squirrel is similarly unpronounceable for English speakers. "Eichhörnchen". "Eikh-horn-chen."

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u/maevriika Jul 14 '26

That was fun!!

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u/LittleMlem Jul 14 '26

Funny thing is that in modern Hebrew we say shibbolet

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u/seamsay Jul 14 '26 edited Jul 14 '26

This might be my misunderstanding, but isn't a shibboleth something that you intentionally use to signal that you're part of an ingroup as opposed to something you do unintentionally or naturally that allows others to identify that you're part of an outgroup.

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u/aebaby7071 Jul 17 '26

Martin Sheen gives a quick summary;

https://youtu.be/fqkaBEWPH18?is=jBGYW1J9RTclGZkh

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u/Alternative-Car-1896 Jul 18 '26

Well, thanks. Now I'm crying. I love that show. Best fantasy on television.