▲ 660 ▼ different kinds of cheesecakes (thelemmy.club) submitted 4 months ago by InterestingUsername@lemmy.ml to c/mildlyinteresting@lemmy.world 154 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Slashme@lemmy.world 34 points 4 months ago (3 children) They misspelled Käsekuchen. permalink fedilink source hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] Rusty@lemmy.ca 8 points 4 months ago (1 child) Maybe they just ran out of dots. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Jorn@sh.itjust.works 7 points 4 months ago Luckily there is a rule for that. You just add an "e". Germans will know when they read Kaese that it means Käse(cheese). ä=ae ö=oe ü=ue And bonus ß=ss permalink fedilink source parent [–] ajikeshi@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago proves that they are from new yörk permalink fedilink source parent [–] gramie@lemmy.ca -3 points 4 months ago (4 children) I don't remember if German rules are the same as French, but in French you don't need to include accents when something is written in capital letters. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 8 child comments replies: [–] geissi@feddit.org 26 points 4 months ago (1 child) You need to in German because Umlaute are not accents but different characters. They not only sound different, the words also mean different things. schon is already schön is pretty permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] oce@jlai.lu 7 points 4 months ago* (1 child) There is the same issue in French that the lack of accent can change the meaning, so the French Academy does recommend putting accents on capitals. https://www.academie-francaise.fr/questions-de-langue#5_strong-em-accentuation-des-majuscules-em-strong Newspaper title "UN INTERNE TUE": Un interne tue: medical intern kills Un interne tué: medical intern killed Un interné tue: institutionalized patient kills Un interné tué: institutionalized patient killed Example from https://www.projet-voltaire.fr/ressources/accent-majuscules-capitales/ permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] gramie@lemmy.ca 3 points 4 months ago I guess that's what I get for learning French during the age of typewriters (my formal French education ended in 1981 and I've only spoken --never written-- it since then). permalink fedilink source parent [–] llii@discuss.tchncs.de 17 points 4 months ago (1 child) You need to include them in German. We now even have a capital ß: ẞ permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] some_kind_of_guy@lemmy.world 12 points 4 months ago (1 child) ẞased permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] starlinguk@lemmy.world 6 points 4 months ago SSased? permalink fedilink source parent [–] oce@jlai.lu 5 points 4 months ago L'Académie Française disagrees. https://www.academie-francaise.fr/questions-de-langue#5_strong-em-accentuation-des-majuscules-em-strong permalink fedilink source parent [–] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago You absolutely do have to include accents when something is in capital letters in French. The fact that antique typing machines couldn't do it notwithstanding. It's a common and irritating misconception (also Windows makes it difficult to do so because it's shit, and Azerty is shit, but it's not a problem in other systems). permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Rusty@lemmy.ca 8 points 4 months ago (1 child) Maybe they just ran out of dots. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Jorn@sh.itjust.works 7 points 4 months ago Luckily there is a rule for that. You just add an "e". Germans will know when they read Kaese that it means Käse(cheese). ä=ae ö=oe ü=ue And bonus ß=ss permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Jorn@sh.itjust.works 7 points 4 months ago Luckily there is a rule for that. You just add an "e". Germans will know when they read Kaese that it means Käse(cheese). ä=ae ö=oe ü=ue And bonus ß=ss permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ajikeshi@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago proves that they are from new yörk permalink fedilink source parent
[–] gramie@lemmy.ca -3 points 4 months ago (4 children) I don't remember if German rules are the same as French, but in French you don't need to include accents when something is written in capital letters. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 8 child comments replies: [–] geissi@feddit.org 26 points 4 months ago (1 child) You need to in German because Umlaute are not accents but different characters. They not only sound different, the words also mean different things. schon is already schön is pretty permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] oce@jlai.lu 7 points 4 months ago* (1 child) There is the same issue in French that the lack of accent can change the meaning, so the French Academy does recommend putting accents on capitals. https://www.academie-francaise.fr/questions-de-langue#5_strong-em-accentuation-des-majuscules-em-strong Newspaper title "UN INTERNE TUE": Un interne tue: medical intern kills Un interne tué: medical intern killed Un interné tue: institutionalized patient kills Un interné tué: institutionalized patient killed Example from https://www.projet-voltaire.fr/ressources/accent-majuscules-capitales/ permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] gramie@lemmy.ca 3 points 4 months ago I guess that's what I get for learning French during the age of typewriters (my formal French education ended in 1981 and I've only spoken --never written-- it since then). permalink fedilink source parent [–] llii@discuss.tchncs.de 17 points 4 months ago (1 child) You need to include them in German. We now even have a capital ß: ẞ permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] some_kind_of_guy@lemmy.world 12 points 4 months ago (1 child) ẞased permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] starlinguk@lemmy.world 6 points 4 months ago SSased? permalink fedilink source parent [–] oce@jlai.lu 5 points 4 months ago L'Académie Française disagrees. https://www.academie-francaise.fr/questions-de-langue#5_strong-em-accentuation-des-majuscules-em-strong permalink fedilink source parent [–] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago You absolutely do have to include accents when something is in capital letters in French. The fact that antique typing machines couldn't do it notwithstanding. It's a common and irritating misconception (also Windows makes it difficult to do so because it's shit, and Azerty is shit, but it's not a problem in other systems). permalink fedilink source parent
[–] geissi@feddit.org 26 points 4 months ago (1 child) You need to in German because Umlaute are not accents but different characters. They not only sound different, the words also mean different things. schon is already schön is pretty permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] oce@jlai.lu 7 points 4 months ago* (1 child) There is the same issue in French that the lack of accent can change the meaning, so the French Academy does recommend putting accents on capitals. https://www.academie-francaise.fr/questions-de-langue#5_strong-em-accentuation-des-majuscules-em-strong Newspaper title "UN INTERNE TUE": Un interne tue: medical intern kills Un interne tué: medical intern killed Un interné tue: institutionalized patient kills Un interné tué: institutionalized patient killed Example from https://www.projet-voltaire.fr/ressources/accent-majuscules-capitales/ permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] gramie@lemmy.ca 3 points 4 months ago I guess that's what I get for learning French during the age of typewriters (my formal French education ended in 1981 and I've only spoken --never written-- it since then). permalink fedilink source parent
[–] oce@jlai.lu 7 points 4 months ago* (1 child) There is the same issue in French that the lack of accent can change the meaning, so the French Academy does recommend putting accents on capitals. https://www.academie-francaise.fr/questions-de-langue#5_strong-em-accentuation-des-majuscules-em-strong Newspaper title "UN INTERNE TUE": Un interne tue: medical intern kills Un interne tué: medical intern killed Un interné tue: institutionalized patient kills Un interné tué: institutionalized patient killed Example from https://www.projet-voltaire.fr/ressources/accent-majuscules-capitales/ permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] gramie@lemmy.ca 3 points 4 months ago I guess that's what I get for learning French during the age of typewriters (my formal French education ended in 1981 and I've only spoken --never written-- it since then). permalink fedilink source parent
[–] gramie@lemmy.ca 3 points 4 months ago I guess that's what I get for learning French during the age of typewriters (my formal French education ended in 1981 and I've only spoken --never written-- it since then). permalink fedilink source parent
[–] llii@discuss.tchncs.de 17 points 4 months ago (1 child) You need to include them in German. We now even have a capital ß: ẞ permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] some_kind_of_guy@lemmy.world 12 points 4 months ago (1 child) ẞased permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] starlinguk@lemmy.world 6 points 4 months ago SSased? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] some_kind_of_guy@lemmy.world 12 points 4 months ago (1 child) ẞased permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] starlinguk@lemmy.world 6 points 4 months ago SSased? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] oce@jlai.lu 5 points 4 months ago L'Académie Française disagrees. https://www.academie-francaise.fr/questions-de-langue#5_strong-em-accentuation-des-majuscules-em-strong permalink fedilink source parent
[–] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago You absolutely do have to include accents when something is in capital letters in French. The fact that antique typing machines couldn't do it notwithstanding. It's a common and irritating misconception (also Windows makes it difficult to do so because it's shit, and Azerty is shit, but it's not a problem in other systems). permalink fedilink source parent
