Luna to Not The OnionEnglish • 3 months agoThe Vatican unveils official anime girl mascotnichegamer.comexternal-linkmessage-square136fedilinkarrow-up1676arrow-down19
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minus-squareEpheralinkfedilinkEnglish77•3 months agoOh damn, in German, “Vati” is an affectionate form like “daddy”, except it’s the word stem of “father” (“Vater”). And wouldn’t you know it, Christians also use “Vater” to refer to priests, the pope and their god.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish16•3 months agoYes, the US largely figured that out with The Empire Strikes Back. 😜
minus-squaremadjolinkfedilinkEnglish4•3 months agoExcept they were kinda wrong. “Vader” is father in Dutch, not German.
Oh damn, in German, “Vati” is an affectionate form like “daddy”, except it’s the word stem of “father” (“Vater”).
And wouldn’t you know it, Christians also use “Vater” to refer to priests, the pope and their god.
Yes, the US largely figured that out with The Empire Strikes Back. 😜
Except they were kinda wrong. “Vader” is father in Dutch, not German.
Dialectic morphology’s a tchüß, oder?
I’m sorry, I don’t know what that means