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> I guess if you need to plug in an ancient beamer or something? Slightly off-topic, but I wonder if "beamer" is a "real" German word or one they borrowed from
by richrichardsson 1y ago
> I guess if you need to plug in an ancient beamer or something?
Slightly off-topic, but I wonder if "beamer" is a "real" German word or one they borrowed from English in a weird way.
The first time I heard it completely threw me for a loop, as in the UK, "beamer" is shorthand for a BMW car.
- lxgr 1y ago> I wonder if "beamer" is a "real" German word or one they borrowed from English in a weird way. It’s both :) See also: “Handy” for mobile phone.
- richrichardsson 1y agoI guess I meant if "beam" is an original German word, and then does "beamer" make sense grammatically in German. Of course given the history of English it's not unlikely that "beam" came from German roots and they have the same meaning.