LouNeko@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-214 days agoDo Germans have a long convoluted word for when somebody asks something and you first say "What?" but then immediately answer their question anyway as if your mouth was quicker than your brain?message-squaremessage-square57linkfedilinkarrow-up1100arrow-down15
arrow-up195arrow-down1message-squareDo Germans have a long convoluted word for when somebody asks something and you first say "What?" but then immediately answer their question anyway as if your mouth was quicker than your brain?LouNeko@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-214 days agomessage-square57linkfedilink
minus-squareGladaed@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up50arrow-down4·14 days agoGerman words don’t tend to be long and convoluted. That’s just a stereotype due to writing rules. A sentence spelled without spaces isn’t a word.
minus-squarealdhissla@piefed.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down3·edit-214 days agoOr as some would say, classic wortlängenbedingte Sprachwesensverfälschung*. See the space there inbetween ☝️? *amtlich korrigiert
minus-squareGladaed@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down1·14 days agoSprachwesensverfälschung, wenn ich bitten darf. (Word length induced misconception of a language’s nature)
German words don’t tend to be long and convoluted. That’s just a stereotype due to writing rules.
A sentence spelled without spaces isn’t a word.
Or as some would say, classic wortlängenbedingte Sprachwesensverfälschung*. See the space there inbetween ☝️?
*amtlich korrigiert
Sprachwesensverfälschung, wenn ich bitten darf.
(Word length induced misconception of a language’s nature)