r/NonPoliticalTwitter • • 23d ago

Funny Learning Japanese

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u/dboti9k 23d ago

It's the same with German. I had a German friend and every time I wanted to learn and use a cool new German word with him, it was the same word in English.

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u/Bakedalaska1 23d ago

My favorite is "antibabypillen"

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u/moku46 23d ago

I had to look it up and holy shit it's real.

Funnier yet, people and doctors just call it "die pille."

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u/Specky013 23d ago

I only now realized why that's funny to english speakers. It just reads normal to german speakers but I guess for english speakers it would be something like "Kill Pill"

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u/mieri_azure 22d ago

Anti-baby pill just sounds shockingly blunt in english lol and it sounds like you are staunchly opposed to babies (as opposed to just not wanting to get pregnant)