▲ 772 ▼ Interesting. (thelemmy.club) submitted 8 months ago by irelephant@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/fedimemes@feddit.uk 78 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] jaybone@lemmy.zip 24 points 8 months ago (2 children) It’s even worse when you know a little bit of German. permalink fedilink source hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] FundMECFS@anarchist.nexus 22 points 8 months ago (1 child) Words you Understand [Incomprehensible German Internet Speak] Words you Understand [Incomprehensible German Politics Ref] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Trainguyrom@reddthat.com 1 point 8 months ago To be fair, most languages end up using English words for stuff that's tech related. For example, I've been learning Italian and actually laughed out loud when I learned that the Italian word for coach (which seems to be used for both buses and trains) is "Pullman" it gets even more obvious when it's a computer-related technology Probably next year I might try to learn a bit of German because I keep encountering Germans writing in German on various parts of the internet and it would be fun to join the club (plus I'd love to visit Germany sometime so that would remove one barrier for sure) permalink fedilink source parent [–] Asinus@feddit.org 4 points 8 months ago I know a little german permalink fedilink source parent
[–] FundMECFS@anarchist.nexus 22 points 8 months ago (1 child) Words you Understand [Incomprehensible German Internet Speak] Words you Understand [Incomprehensible German Politics Ref] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Trainguyrom@reddthat.com 1 point 8 months ago To be fair, most languages end up using English words for stuff that's tech related. For example, I've been learning Italian and actually laughed out loud when I learned that the Italian word for coach (which seems to be used for both buses and trains) is "Pullman" it gets even more obvious when it's a computer-related technology Probably next year I might try to learn a bit of German because I keep encountering Germans writing in German on various parts of the internet and it would be fun to join the club (plus I'd love to visit Germany sometime so that would remove one barrier for sure) permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Trainguyrom@reddthat.com 1 point 8 months ago To be fair, most languages end up using English words for stuff that's tech related. For example, I've been learning Italian and actually laughed out loud when I learned that the Italian word for coach (which seems to be used for both buses and trains) is "Pullman" it gets even more obvious when it's a computer-related technology Probably next year I might try to learn a bit of German because I keep encountering Germans writing in German on various parts of the internet and it would be fun to join the club (plus I'd love to visit Germany sometime so that would remove one barrier for sure) permalink fedilink source parent