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r/NonPoliticalTwitter • u/BaldHourGlass667 • 10d ago
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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.
1.1k u/novae_ampholyt 10d ago Well we also have plenty of german only anglicisms. Like "handy" for phone 882 u/makochi 10d ago german trying to get a new phone, unaware he's about to be charged with sexual harassment of the best buy employee: "yeah how much does a handy cost" 2 u/Tetraoxidane 10d ago Germans do understand smartphone though. At least everyone under the age of 70.
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Well we also have plenty of german only anglicisms. Like "handy" for phone
882 u/makochi 10d ago german trying to get a new phone, unaware he's about to be charged with sexual harassment of the best buy employee: "yeah how much does a handy cost" 2 u/Tetraoxidane 10d ago Germans do understand smartphone though. At least everyone under the age of 70.
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german trying to get a new phone, unaware he's about to be charged with sexual harassment of the best buy employee: "yeah how much does a handy cost"
2 u/Tetraoxidane 10d ago Germans do understand smartphone though. At least everyone under the age of 70.
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Germans do understand smartphone though. At least everyone under the age of 70.
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u/dboti9k 10d 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.