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> the ones sleeping the most less Good god, this is beautiful. Is this a German idiom?
by DenisM 5y ago
> the ones sleeping the most less
Good god, this is beautiful. Is this a German idiom?
- hutzlibu 5y agoNot literally, as far as I know (I am also still wondering, of whether it was correct grammar), but there are plenty of: "Morgenstund hat gold im Mund" morning time is gold (to which I agree at times) or "Der frühe Vogel fängt den Wurm" The early bird catches the worm. (to where I say, maybe the worm should have slept in that day)
- hamburglar 5y agoI think the poster you are responding to is referring to the “beauty” (sarcastically, I assume) of the phrasing “most less” instead of “least.” It would be right in line with the confusing way numbers are spoken.
- hutzlibu 5y agoYeah, I feared as much.
- ce4 5y agoI guess it is just an english grammar issue Germans often make (less, lesser, least and so on for single syllable words and x, more x, most x for the rest). The german equivalent of least is also just one word: wenigsten.
- DenisM 5y agoI don't do sarcasm (and it's against the HN guidelines, btw). "Sleeping the most less" is a beautiful turn of phrase, even if ungrammatical. Or maybe because of it.