• teft
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      542 months ago

      Me_irl but german.

      • @[email protected]
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        452 months ago

        It’s better because every post with an English word gets

        SPRICH DEUTSCH DU HURENSOHN

        as a response

        • @thesporkeffect
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          232 months ago

          And yet when I try to SPRICH DEUTCH to actual live Germans they give me a pitying look and firmly reply in perfect English

            • TipRing
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              142 months ago

              Only because of their exacting standards. Even when I lived in Germany in the 90s the only time I had trouble understanding someone speaking English was when our realtor was trying to be racist but didn’t know the English words.

                • TipRing
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                  132 months ago

                  See, that is what I mean. Nobody speaks “perfect” English, not even native speakers, because languages are not prescriptive. Their function is to communicate ideas and if you have successfully communicated then you have used language “perfectly”.

                  • @[email protected]
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                    32 months ago

                    So you agree “perfect English” doesn’t exist in Germany. What was your point again?

            • LoudWaterHombre
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              22 months ago

              Yes the English qualities in Germany itself are a total shitshow compared to the countries around Germany (except France and Italia)

        • teft
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          182 months ago

          Well yeah, the germans are well known sticklers to rules.

        • BarqsHasBite
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          62 months ago

          Hey I just tried the trick of sounding it out and I got it! Thanks Picard manoeuvre (I still don’t know how to ping).

    • PhobosAnomaly
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      92 months ago

      Grammar and syntax aside, it’s basically /me_irl for our German-speaking compadres. Most other languages - French included - generally have a community analogous to most of the popular English-language communities.

    • @[email protected]
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      2 months ago

      Ich, im echtem Leben.

      me_irl

      hugsandkisses

      // Änderung: Ich bin der, der dich runtergewählt hat.