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> Some thoughts are too complex for English. English just adopts all the good German words. Every time I, a native German speaker, have struggled to express so
by dpassens 2y ago
> Some thoughts are too complex for English.
English just adopts all the good German words. Every time I, a native German speaker, have struggled to express something in English it was either because my personal vocabulary was lacking or because of societal differences, never because English is somehow inferior.
- davrosthedalek 2y agoAnd German has adopted all the good English words. Like Handy (cell phone), Beamer (projector), and body bag (fanny bag). Oh wait....
- dpassens 2y agoI've never heard a fanny pack called a body bag in German. It's a Bauchtasche in my family.
- davrosthedalek 2y agoMight have been a regional thing. But I think there was an ad on tv... Didn't live long, was too embarrassing :) Of course Handy is Schwaebisch: Ai handy kai Schnurr?
- b3orn 2y agoBodybag is more like a messenger bag.