• idiomaddict@lemmy.world
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    23 hours ago

    To be fair, it’s a common source of comedy for speakers of any language with a lot of loan words to treat them like calques for the purpose of momentary confusion. People refer to little mules or little asses when discussing Mexican food in English, for example. I also didn’t even start learning German until 2009, so I definitely wasn’t there when it started.

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      23 hours ago

      Nothing could be further from me than claiming we’re being very original. Only 1 Pimmel would do that. I just thought your Pfosten might make people think there may be OTHER, very uniquely German reasons for this nonsense. Ü