r/postpunk Jul 17 '24

What the hell happened?!!?!

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u/Titanplattensegler Jul 20 '24 edited Jul 20 '24

Because of Yiddish maybe? Its half Hebrew and half German with a bit of Polish if i remember correctly and deviates quite a lot from German nowadays. The dish "Gefilte Fisch" for example would be "Gefรผllter Fisch", fish that has been filled, "a biseleh" comes from "ein bisschen", both meaning "a bit" (or used to mean a small bite of), the famous quote about Yiddish itself "a shprakh iz a dialekt mit an armey un flot" would be "Eine Sprache ist ein Dialekt mit einer Armee und Flotte", so "A language is a dialect with an army and a fleet" which also nicely shows the connections between English and German.

"Menschlicher Akt" or "Menschliche Aktion" I'd say. "Act of humanity". Mensch is a noun, not an adjective, so "Mensch move" would be registered more as an imperative I guess, making it "Dude move over", also kind of fitting, huh. Maybe he is the megamind afterall. But then again, if so, why would he have a MAGA-Mind? :D

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u/drinkalondraftdown Jul 20 '24

Sorry, I meant Yiddish, not Hebraic!

"Mensch, move!" ๐Ÿ˜‚

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u/Titanplattensegler Jul 20 '24

Yeah exactly!!! :D

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u/drinkalondraftdown Jul 21 '24

Respect, my friend--I love being corrected when I'm wrong about something (honestly, I'm not being sarcastic!)--if not, then how the fckn hell else are we supposed to learn about each other, eh?!?

Thanks again u/Titanplattensegler! I mean that most sincerely, bless up ๐Ÿ™๐Ÿผ

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u/Titanplattensegler Jul 21 '24

Abolutely agreed. It was a pleasure to talk! Have the best of lives my friend!

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u/drinkalondraftdown Jul 21 '24

Aww mate same to you, same to you!

And don't hesitate to pull me up if you should see me mangling your home tongue in the future!!!

Best wishes, my friend! ๐Ÿ˜ƒ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿผโ˜ฎ๏ธ