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[–] FireWire400@lemmy.world 1 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago) (1 children)

I have never heard any German speaking person use "wiener" to refer to penis ever. Maybe it's a thing among some people but it's certainly not common.

There's "weener", but that's an American term as far as I know.

[–] squaresinger@lemmy.world 2 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Sorry, I figured from your post history that you are from an english-speaking country.

The term isn't "weener", it's "wiener": https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wiener

The point still stands: If you don't see discrimination against a certain group of people as something bad, using discriminatory terms isn't a statement but just a thing people do without thinking.

[–] FireWire400@lemmy.world 1 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

I think it can be spelled a few different ways, "weener" is the one I come across the most

[–] squaresinger@lemmy.world 1 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

That's because americans have difficulty spelling/pronouncing foreign words.

[–] FireWire400@lemmy.world 1 points 10 hours ago