• FenrirIII
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    1
    ·
    3 days ago

    The username looks like something my cat would type jumping on the keyboard and is pronounced like an angry German yelling at said cat for jumping on the keyboard

    • SeductiveTortoise@piefed.social
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      2
      ·
      3 days ago

      Haubitze is German for howitzer. You can’t expect it to sound like fairies and butterflies.

      Besides that I hate that old “German sounds angry” shit. If you scream in French, it’ll sound harsh as well.

      • FerretyFever0@fedia.io
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        2
        ·
        3 days ago

        That’s true, I still sound like an American pussy when I speak it. Maybe I’ll sound angrier if/when I actually learn to speak it properly?

        • SeductiveTortoise@piefed.social
          link
          fedilink
          English
          arrow-up
          1
          ·
          3 days ago

          I’ve started learning Spanish some weeks ago just too keep me busy and I’m still having fun. Try it, maybe it’ll give you joy.

          • FerretyFever0@fedia.io
            link
            fedilink
            arrow-up
            1
            ·
            3 days ago

            I’ve been trying to learn it for a couple years, I’m still less advanced than a small child. Shit’s pretty complicated, and I’m not sure it’s really worth learning, most Germans speak English. Would’ve been nice to have been taught it when I was a kid, but it is what it is.

      • ThirdConsul@lemmy.zip
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        2
        ·
        3 days ago

        Besides that I hate that old “German sounds angry” shit

        I mean:

        1. It’s funny because it’s true
        2. All non-Germany speaking countries have at least 1 joke, where the point is with German language you just don’t know if it’s a new vacuum cleaner brand name, or a declaration of war.
          • ThirdConsul@lemmy.zip
            link
            fedilink
            English
            arrow-up
            1
            ·
            edit-2
            3 days ago

            Nice scientific approach to proving that German sounds angry.

            He’s also wrong by saying that people think German is warlike and ugly because of Hitler. German neighbours (e.g. Poles) have written sources hundred years old proving him wrong (at least 1890-ish)

            Edit: even older lol, Wincenty Kadłubek was implying that in ~1200

            • SeductiveTortoise@piefed.social
              link
              fedilink
              English
              arrow-up
              1
              ·
              edit-2
              3 days ago

              Not like I perceived it. And I wouldn’t say I think Polish sounds melodic or beautiful. Maybe neighbors hated each other for centuries.