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"Identify which country calls them vasistas because Germans used to ask "was ist das?" from a smaller aperture on the door before opening the actual door"
by romanoderoma 6y ago
"Identify which country calls them vasistas because Germans used to ask "was ist das?" from a smaller aperture on the door before opening the actual door"
- codethief 6y agoFor anyone else who didn't know about this: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/vasistas https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/vasistas
- framecowbird 6y agoTo be fair to the Americans, it seems like the word originated in France
- throwaway894345 6y agoAs an American, I’ve never heard of this word. Strange stereotype.
- isbvhodnvemrwvn 6y agoSemi-related- in Poland when you speak about something you don't know the name of you often call it "wihajster" (Wie heißt er?)