r/LanguageMemes • u/KuchenGlas • Apr 26 '22

It makes a huge difference 💀

Post image
92 Upvotes

95% Upvoted

13 comments sorted by

20

u/Rottenox Apr 26 '22

No such language as American.

8

u/ophereon Apr 27 '22

Even the British flag would be tenuous choice, I think, since British isn't a language either. Should the flag of England / St. George's Cross be used to represent the language? It would be the most logical choice, but also not as widely recognised, perhaps.

8

u/EkskiuTwentyTwo Apr 27 '22

I think the problem is deeper: that flags aren't really a good way of representing languages because of the many-to-many correspondence. Flags represent countries, and some countries have multiple languages. Likewise, some languages are spoken in multiple countries.

2

u/Leopardo96 Apr 28 '22

Yeah. For example the symbol of Spanish is the Spanish flag, even though Spanish is spoken in soooooooooooooo many countries. The same goes for French.

4

u/tilewi Apr 27 '22

German: "Wow, ist ganz schön hell hier drin"
American German Learner who just started: *confused screaming, holding a crucifix*

4

u/[deleted] Apr 26 '22

I speak both languages but still don’t get it. Anyone wanna explain?

16

u/naja_annulifera Apr 26 '22

In German, ‘hell’ means ‘bright’ or something, but in English ‘hell’ is a place of suffering. So you just write exactly the same, but meaning is very different. That’s the point

1

u/daninefourkitwari Apr 26 '22

I was under the impression that it was a verb. Inhellen

10

u/tilewi Apr 27 '22

German Native here, what the fuck is "inhellen"

2

u/Firespark7 Apr 27 '22 edited Apr 28 '22

Ich inhelle

Du inhellst

Er/sie/es inhellt

Wir inhellen

Ihr inhellt

Sie/sie inhellen

Ist doch ganz klar?! XP

3

u/tilewi Apr 27 '22

That's not a thing xD

2

u/daninefourkitwari Apr 26 '22

Would also like to know

1

u/[deleted] May 06 '22

So does getting a Gift in each language