@[email protected] to No Stupid Questions • 1 year agoWhy words like 'okay' and 'taxi' are universally understood across the world but survival related ones like 'help', 'water', 'food' remained nation specific?message-square40fedilinkarrow-up1149arrow-down18
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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink6•1 year agoI’m wondering why they didn’t choose a word like Television for this.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink7•1 year agoHave Germans given up “Fernseher” in favor of “Television”?
minus-squareasudoxlink3•1 year agoNo, I don’t think anyone here says Television instead of Fernseher.
minus-squareℍ𝕖𝕝𝕝𝕤𝕥𝕠𝕣𝕞𝕪link2•edit-21 year agoSome say TV but with german pronunciation of the letters (te-faou)
I’m wondering why they didn’t choose a word like Television for this.
Have Germans given up “Fernseher” in favor of “Television”?
No they haven’t.
No, I don’t think anyone here says Television instead of Fernseher.
Some say TV but with german pronunciation of the letters (te-faou)