• @idiomaddict
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    49 hours ago

    The German word for turkey is Pute (or Truthahn, there’s almost always a synonym for basically anything, but that’s used slightly less with cold cuts and more with the bird itself) and I work somewhere where I have to ask whether something is with ham or turkey like 20x a day. Every time, but especially when speaking to a Spanish speaker, I worry that I’m going to mispronounce it.

    I can switch to Putenbrust, but that doesn’t help my brain from shouting “slut tit” at me every time I say it.

    • PlumOPM
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      36 hours ago

      This is my new favorite word in German. Putenbrust really rolls off the tongue.