FrogPrincess@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 9 hours agoGerman-speakers of Lemmy, does 'Amerika' normally mean 'the Americas' or 'the USA'?message-squaremessage-square25fedilinkarrow-up142arrow-down15
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minus-squareandrewta@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·9 hours agoStupid question is that how they would spell America in Germany “Amerika”?
minus-squaresuperkret@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up3·7 hours agoJust wait till you hear how we pronounce “Chicago”.
minus-squareyetAnotherUser@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up2·6 hours agoIt’s obviously pronounced Kicago, just like Chamäleon, Chemie and China :)
minus-squarembirth@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·5 hours ago Kemie and Kina I threw up a little…
minus-squareyetAnotherUser@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 hours agoBut Chemie comes from Chemnitz (obviously) so it must be pronounced with K Don’t know where China comes from, maybe from Chinese which is obviously pronounced with K.
minus-squarexmunk@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up3·7 hours agoEh, as a Bostonian I’m always much more impressed by how people’s tongues try to leave orbit when they first encounter Worcester.
minus-squareunemployedclaquer@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·6 hours agoThe hard “c” sound as you see in America is always a ‘k’ auf deutsch.
minus-squarexmunk@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up3·7 hours agoJust wait until you see how Americans spell Deutschland…
minus-squareCaptain Baka@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down5·edit-29 hours agoSomething a person that definitely doesn’t speak german would say. We spell it exactly like this.
minus-squareMagister Sieran@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up6·8 hours ago…Yes, that’s why they’re asking.
Stupid question is that how they would spell America in Germany “Amerika”?
Yep, that’s how we spell it.
Ja
Just wait till you hear how we pronounce “Chicago”.
It’s obviously pronounced Kicago, just like Chamäleon, Chemie and China :)
I threw up a little…
But Chemie comes from Chemnitz (obviously) so it must be pronounced with K
Don’t know where China comes from, maybe from Chinese which is obviously pronounced with K.
Eh, as a Bostonian I’m always much more impressed by how people’s tongues try to leave orbit when they first encounter Worcester.
The hard “c” sound as you see in America is always a ‘k’ auf deutsch.
That makes sense
Just wait until you see how Americans spell Deutschland…
Something a person that definitely doesn’t speak german would say. We spell it exactly like this.
…Yes, that’s why they’re asking.