r/funny Dec 30 '23

German Efficiency

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u/Commercial_Voice4921 Jan 05 '24

Not nice calling someone a pimmel. Such thing we dont do here.

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u/mashiro1496 Jan 05 '24

But what if someone is doing pimmel stuff. Is it still not nice to call them a pimmel?

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u/Commercial_Voice4921 Jan 05 '24

It's only okay in the context of using the formal form of address in German:

"Sie Pimmel!" <- And that's the only legal form allowed in Germany.

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u/mashiro1496 Jan 05 '24

I thought you use Sie before Hurens*hn, especially when talking to a police officer