FrogPrincess@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 3 hours agoGerman-speakers of Lemmy, does 'Amerika' normally mean 'the Americas' or 'the USA'?message-squaremessage-square19fedilinkarrow-up128arrow-down13
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minus-squareandrewta@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 hours agoStupid question is that how they would spell America in Germany “Amerika”?
minus-squarexmunk@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·54 minutes agoJust wait until you see how Americans spell Deutschland…
minus-squaresuperkret@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 hour agoJust wait till you hear how we pronounce “Chicago”.
minus-squareyetAnotherUser@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 minutes agoIt’s obviously pronounced Kicago, just like Chamäleon, Chemie and China :)
minus-squarexmunk@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·52 minutes agoEh, as a Bostonian I’m always much more impressed by how people’s tongues try to leave orbit when they first encounter Worcester.
minus-squareCaptain Baka@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down5·edit-23 hours agoSomething a person that definitely doesn’t speak german would say. We spell it exactly like this.
minus-squareMagister Sieran@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up6·2 hours ago…Yes, that’s why they’re asking.
Stupid question is that how they would spell America in Germany “Amerika”?
Just wait until you see how Americans spell Deutschland…
Yep, that’s how we spell it.
Just wait till you hear how we pronounce “Chicago”.
It’s obviously pronounced Kicago, just like Chamäleon, Chemie and China :)
Eh, as a Bostonian I’m always much more impressed by how people’s tongues try to leave orbit when they first encounter Worcester.
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Something a person that definitely doesn’t speak german would say. We spell it exactly like this.
…Yes, that’s why they’re asking.