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The Awful German Language
Zefiro:
--- Quote from: Onkel Kage on 20.09.2007, 23:38:56 ---
--- Quote from: Zefiro on 20.09.2007, 11:49:26 ---I assume you also didn't think we wish every female noun to be dead :)
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Do you refer to the Meistersinger that everyone wants to kill?
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No, I'm referring not to any person but to our definite article for female nouns, which is "Die" :)
Usage example: Die Küchenschabe.
*purrr*
CodeCat:
Well nobody's stopping you from using der for them. We Dutch have been doing that for centuries! ;)
TheSonicGod:
--- Quote from: Onkel Kage on 19.09.2007, 21:14:21 ---Why is it that when you send a gift in English, you are trying to make someone happy...
...but when you send a gift in German you are trying to make someone dead?
When I, an Anglophone, say to Nightfox, a DeutschGrammophone, "Nightfox, I have sent you a gift," should he be excited or frightened?
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It is one of those "unfriendly" words that got mixed up in translations. I believe that a present (to give someone a gift) is "Geschenk." Correct me if I am wrong.
Similar to how "Who" and "Where" got mixed up in translation:
Who = Wer
Where = Wo
Okami:
In case you missed my sketch on Stage Fever: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQ2hWeI_u60
I fucking love the english language.
TheSonicGod:
Bleah... English is like... gumbo soup. You mix just about everything that you think tastes good and you just get something that's mediocre.
German is like a show of fireworks. Beautiful and powerful. Sounds cool, too! ^^
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