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[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 hours ago

True, it's a common female name, or was idk. Iirc the car is named after the daughter of the inventor. The German pronunciation is the butchered version of the Spanish first name so I'm on no moral high ground

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 hours ago

Thanks for the context!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 hours ago

It's basically the three E sounds we have in German (short, long and "unstressed") but I see that to the untrained ear, this isn't obvious

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 hours ago (2 children)

Isn't that technically true about all of Italy?

I mean, it's the same with Germany and we joke about how Bavaria isn't really part of Germany so I don't disagree with you

[–] [email protected] 9 points 9 hours ago

Fünf Minuten vor der Zeit
Ist des Deutschen Pünktlichkeit

[–] [email protected] 44 points 9 hours ago (7 children)

It's the same in German: /mɛʁˈt͡seːdəs/

Despite what other commentators say who are evil and eager to spread lies about the German language

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 days ago (3 children)

For subject pronouns, object pronouns are obligatory

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

"Man macht keine Witze über den Holocaust."

"Oh, ich vergaß."

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Bringing evidence from the future is cheating. They wouldn't believe you if you told them the truth but if you say you are a terrorist and placed a bomb in the world trade center, they might evacuate it

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago

Mirrors outside the mirror universe? It wouldn't be a mirror universe if mirrors existed elsewhere too

[–] [email protected] 13 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Ad hominem arguments never work very well. Just admit you don't have all the answers to this totally relevant question and move on.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago
 
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