Comment by acomjean

Comment by acomjean 10 months ago

My mom was a German / English technical translator in the US. At one point she said those Germans need to decide, English or German. I guess the French from time to time make French words for those with English roots.

Though the German word for cell phone, “handy” is pretty great.

ethbr1 10 months ago

The French are pretty serious about preventing linguistic hegemony and fund measures to slow/prevent it.

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CRConrad 10 months ago

> Though the German word for cell phone, “handy” is pretty great.

But it sounds rather silly in the standard German pronounciation of "henndii".

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em-bee 10 months ago

as a native german, speaking english fluently it drives me nuts. i mean, "handy" is not even borrowed like "computer" but invented by germans as a pseudo-anglicism.

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dylan604 10 months ago

But the English euphemism for "handy" would sure cause some confusion, and potential disappointment. Just like the 'merican slang "double fisted" takes a whole other meaning in the UK

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