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Nazi family celebrating the 'bright' future they were making for their children, Germany, ~1937 (lemmy.world)
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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Flak, with an L.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Yes, Flug-Abwehr-Kannone.
I hate fonts where I and l can almost not be distinguished.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's been imported into English as just a standard word, no capitalization necessary anymore. Most English speakers probably aren't even aware it's originally a German acronym. We just say "flak" like we say "scuba" and "laser."