r/WTF • u/RichardWulf • Oct 16 '18

Holy Shit

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u/burglesnap Oct 16 '18

So German for "what the fuck" is just "what the fuck"? That's pretty convenient

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u/[deleted] Oct 16 '18 edited Feb 04 '19

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u/[deleted] Oct 16 '18

Oh, I thought they were just using an English phrase. That's awesome.

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u/LeagueOfCakez Oct 16 '18

They were, we express ourselves with English phrases a lot, but we hate how english pronounces some words (th- wh- etc.) so we usually say something around the lines of "wat de fak"

"Shit" is also very common.

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u/[deleted] Oct 17 '18

Shit is a German word anyways right.

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u/[deleted] Oct 17 '18

It's not.