▲ 522 ▼ Why? WHY? (startrek.website) submitted 2 years ago by Stamets@startrek.website to c/memes@lemmy.world 88 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] DosDude@retrolemmy.com 21 points 2 years ago* (1 child) Wait until you see that "see" is lake, and "meer" is sea. It gets me every time as a Dutchman. In Dutch "zee" is sea and "meer" is lake. permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] iamkindasomeone@feddit.de 12 points 2 years ago* (2 children) Not always true. Baltic sea is "Ostsee" (East Sea) and North Sea is "Nordsee". Deap sea is "Hohe See" etc. Mediterranean is "Mittelmeer" though.. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Bigmouse@lemmy.world 19 points 2 years ago (2 children) The difference being der See means the lake and die See means the sea permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] eierkuchen@feddit.de 3 points 2 years ago Obviously though permalink fedilink source parent [–] iamkindasomeone@feddit.de 1 point 2 years ago* Yeah, but this distinction wasn't given in the original comment. permalink fedilink source parent [+] massive_bereavement@kbin.social 1 point 2 years ago* [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent
[–] iamkindasomeone@feddit.de 12 points 2 years ago* (2 children) Not always true. Baltic sea is "Ostsee" (East Sea) and North Sea is "Nordsee". Deap sea is "Hohe See" etc. Mediterranean is "Mittelmeer" though.. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Bigmouse@lemmy.world 19 points 2 years ago (2 children) The difference being der See means the lake and die See means the sea permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] eierkuchen@feddit.de 3 points 2 years ago Obviously though permalink fedilink source parent [–] iamkindasomeone@feddit.de 1 point 2 years ago* Yeah, but this distinction wasn't given in the original comment. permalink fedilink source parent [+] massive_bereavement@kbin.social 1 point 2 years ago* [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Bigmouse@lemmy.world 19 points 2 years ago (2 children) The difference being der See means the lake and die See means the sea permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] eierkuchen@feddit.de 3 points 2 years ago Obviously though permalink fedilink source parent [–] iamkindasomeone@feddit.de 1 point 2 years ago* Yeah, but this distinction wasn't given in the original comment. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] iamkindasomeone@feddit.de 1 point 2 years ago* Yeah, but this distinction wasn't given in the original comment. permalink fedilink source parent
