• Frozzie
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    509 months ago

    Guys honestly how can dyslexic people read these “words”

    • @Sakychu
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      439 months ago

      I would argue since that is a compound word it is actually much easier to read since you know how the parts are supposed to be spoken. If that makes sense 😅

      • @[email protected]
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        229 months ago

        Speaking as a German and a software developer: just because you can, does not mean you should.

        Sometimes it is easier and better to not stuff words together and give readers a bad time than to write “Schiffsschraubeneichungsvorgabenverordnungsüberwacher”.

        • @I_Fart_Glitter
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          229 months ago

          Schiffsschraubeneichungsvorgabenverordnungsüberwacher

          From google translate: “Ship propeller calibration specification regulation supervisor”

          • @georgette
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            79 months ago

            An English software developer would write that as, ShipPropellerCalibrationSpecificationRegulationSupervisor so only the camel case would make a difference here

              • @reinei
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                89 months ago

                Not quite, for Java you still need the Factory part at the end!

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                  39 months ago

                  I hope it implements the ShipPropellerCalibrationSpecificationRegulationSupervisorFactoryInterface

          • Hjalmar
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            19 months ago

            It would also make sense as the rule is to capitalise the first letter in all nouns

        • @Sakychu
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          Sorry for replying this late, totally missed it but i like the analogy. But what would be the alternative? Creating a new word for every function?

          P. S: Also SchiffsSchraubeenEichungsvorgabenVerordnungsÜberwachung is much more readable: That’s why sir Pascal mounted a camel and created PascalCase and camelCase! (reading all the other answers I am proud that we collectively came to the same conclusions that it should be PascalCase!)

    • Sagrotan
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      139 months ago

      Got another one for you: Mehrlagensichtfensterklotzbodenbeutel The bag some cookies come in.

    • @[email protected]
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      9 months ago

      There are no people with dyslexia in Germany. The Kaiser implemented these super long words as a eugenics project to eliminate them. It is a very dark part of our history only few people know about 😔

      • @[email protected]
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        59 months ago

        I know it’s a joke, but with the level of scrutiny Germany has attracted for its dark history there’s litle chance people wouldn’t have heard of it by now ;-)

    • @[email protected]
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      129 months ago

      I don’t have an official diagnosis…just tendencies and I’m and english native speaker, but I didn’t have any problems with german monster words when i was learning german because they don’t really look similar enough plus when you’re reading you just kind of slow down on the big words you don’t know and figure them out or look them up. I found the german convention of capitalizing of all nouns really helpful too for reading. Yes, i realize i didn’t even capitalize everything i was supposed to in english 😁

    • @lugal
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      89 months ago

      I had dyslexia as a kid and long words freaked me out especially. I never realized that this isn’t a thing for kids in other languages. But honestly: while they have a shock value, they aren’t that common really

    • Hjalmar
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      39 months ago

      The really long ones are a pain to say to as well. You’re kind of Strangling your self trying not too paus in the middle of a word. Only a problem for the awfuly ridiculous ones thought.