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> 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.
by 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.