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[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

It was the british that changed german, not the other way around.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 weeks ago

Yeah I found this meme bit misleading, but I also got a good chuckle out of it since this is very relevant to me.

I'm not a native English speaker but since I learned English earlier in life than German I still get confused about this in a real/fast conversations.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

We have a similar one where the pronounciations are flipped in Norwegian.

Cook(as in chef) = kokk

Cock = kukk

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago

Reminds me of Kiek in de Kök in Tallinn, Estonia

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

learn putonghua like a chad

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

We've got [email protected] but unfortunately I'm not patient enough to learn it.

Maybe one day I'll try to learn a few sentences to impress my chinese colleagues!