Mailman = fighterfighter
Dogfighter
If somebody told me this was how German worked I would believe it so I wonder if the reverse is true
In frontend development, it’s pretty common to use German to stress test UIs, as it’s a commonly used language with a lot of long words. It reveals all sorts of UI issues - text that doesn’t wrap properly, buttons that are pushed off the screen, etc.
I don’t know German, but I do like the idea of using compound nouns rather than inventing new words.
It’s also common to test UIs with Arabic, to test handling of right-to-left languages. At work we have a “fake RTL” language that’s English but rendered RTL. It’s interesting because everything is flipped - for example, a left-hand sidebar is instead on the right side in RTL languages. Company logo is at top right instead of top left.
You will be happy to know I have confirmed your identity as a Non-Israeli.
Because I used Arabic as an example rather than Hebrew? Or because I’m unfamiliar with RTL languages?
In any case, it’s pretty easy to figure out that I’m Aussie :)
This does not work in German because fighter is gendered as male. We have Feuerwehrmann and Feuerwehrfrau. Correct gendering in German is (I say that as an older a male) a bit complicated and makes the sentences usually mich longer or sound weird.
There was a joke solution to this that I really liked: add a “y” to the end or all gendered words: Feuerwehry, Frisöry, Mitarbeity, Erziehery, Arzty etc.
Degendering ala Phettberg may have started as a humours way toward gender neutral language, but it evolved IMHO into a serious way next to *, :, Innen.
I wasn’t aware but I like it. Makes everything sound cute.
This is the most boring d&d party. How about:
- firefighter
- policerogue
- mailcleric
- fisherranger
“I cast Detect Dead… Letter.”
“This letter is simply addressed to “Johnny” in red crayon.”
casts deduce address
“10225 Arcadia Drive.”
maleclerk
fisherranger
Favored enemy: bass.
Excel be like
Stewardess = Airline Passenger Fighter
There are no such thing as fellow passengers, only foe passengers.
Nah.
Airline Passenger Paladin.
They cast ‘banish’ and you’re out of the plane.
The lemmy version
Firefighter
Bastard
Propaganda delivery agent
Carnist jerk
Garbageman = Garbagefighter
Lineman = Linefighter
Airman = Airfighter
Seaman = Seafighter
Axeman = Axefighter
Repairman = Repair fighter
Handyman = handyfighter
Woman -> Wofighter
Man was gender neutral in old English https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/522859/ddg#522870
Its a concept called generic masculine.
Hackerfighter
wofighter
Gun shooty man = warfighter
A mailman is a letter carrier.
They can’t all be the same class tho.
Firefighter
Policeranger
Mailmage
Fisherbard
And let’s assign their race, too.
Human Firefighter
Elf Policeranger
Gnome Mailmage
Half-Orc Fisherbard
eh, fishers are more rangers than police.
Some lotta police is more orc (organized, following orders, and if you see a group of them, just turn back)
Why do you have to bring race into it?!
/s
So the policeranger has an excuse to shoot the rest of them
So the DM knows what bonuses they have. 😌
Horcfard, the half orc Fisher bard.
Streetman = streetfighter
Idk what’s streetman though.
Firefighter, pig, courier, fisher
