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[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I always try to decipher their memes because they look funny.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Whenever I can figure one out through context I feel like a genius

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Or when you try to read a word aloud and realize it's basically the same as the English word with 50% more consonents.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

That's the meme. They translate English expressions, names and brands into German 1:1, disregarding any standing idioms and available translations. Hard to read even as a German native. Struggling to figure out what to OP meant is like 90% of the fun.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Haha, I remember trying to tell a German colleague that another colleague was ‘ingverklerten’ because he had red hair, apparently the German word for ginger is not used to represent colour. Almost as popular as our attempt to call someone a ‘glockenende’ when they had been foolish. Sounds like I should look into ich_iel a bit.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

What you should tell your German colleague about the ginger is "Wo das Dach rostig ist, ist der Keller feucht."

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

But also; rusty crotch, pubes like 13A fuse wire

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

Fun fact: pubes have the same color as someone's eyebrows.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (3 children)
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[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Fr fr these guys look like some top tier shit posters.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

I speak German and I can confirm, top-tier stuff.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

I see the memes and laugh because I imagine a German person seeing it and laughing at it.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I studied German in high school but I don't remember any of it. I like to pretend that ich_iel is just using made up nonsense words, like the Swedish Chef muppet.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

ich_iel is just using made up nonsense words, like the Swedish Chef muppet

We're more into dumb sturgeon puns.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

And ramen noodle hair, apparently?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

Learning French in the US is such a let down. Spanish is the unofficial second national language and German has the best memes.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

German jokes are the wurst.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Tu peux apprendre les deux ! Or join us on [email protected]. Sure we are not as active as [email protected] but maybe with your help we will improve (^_^)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I'm legit considering getting back to learning German to understand their memes, they look so juicy

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

I especially liked their sausage starter kit (can't find the meme now)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

That means you should start /c/moi_dlvv

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Tbh I've kind of forgetten what little French I managed to learn earlier, so this wouldn't work for me either

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I'm in the same boat with German sadly. Trying to relearn some though. Ich habe fast alles vorgessen.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Deutsch vergeht, die MaiMais bleiben.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Geben sie mir senf und sauerkraut zu dem bratwurst 😎

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

Ich bin nicht eine Kartofel !

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Boah, Bayern muss echt an Österreich angeschlossen werden.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

Wir nehmen'se gern, vastehn tu ma uns, und se wissen wie ma Bier trinkt.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

Ich bin eine kleine auflauf

[–] [email protected] 0 points 10 months ago (1 children)

For me it’s Dutch. The Dutch own late night Lemmy for me and I want to know what I’m missing.

I’ve picked up on Overleden though :(

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Dutch looks like someone got really drunk and tried to combine English and German.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

No umlauts, just keep adding vowels and it’s more or less done isn’t it?

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