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As a German visiting the US (social.fossware.space)
submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by NettoHikari@social.fossware.space to c/memes@lemmy.ml
 

Explanation: Germans ~~used to~~ (apparently only in my bubble) call cellphones "Handy" and many people still do that. My friends from america found that quite hilarious.

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[–] Dohnakun@lemmy.fmhy.ml 36 points 2 years ago (8 children)
[–] rob64@startrek.website 31 points 2 years ago (6 children)

Using "so"instead of "that". This guy germans.

[–] Felix@feddit.de 11 points 2 years ago (3 children)

As a German. The way you phrase sentences is so similar in both languages at times that it becomes so damn easy to create a sentence which might sound reasonable at first glance, yet doesn't make any sense if you think about it and/or have a "deep" understanding of thr English language.

[–] Dohnakun@lemmy.fmhy.ml 6 points 2 years ago

Thus so is so or deshalb and also is auch. Yep, it gets confusing.

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