FrogPrincess@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 4 days agoGerman-speakers of Lemmy, does 'Amerika' normally mean 'the Americas' or 'the USA'?message-squaremessage-square25fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1message-squareGerman-speakers of Lemmy, does 'Amerika' normally mean 'the Americas' or 'the USA'?FrogPrincess@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 4 days agomessage-square25fedilink
minus-squareandrewta@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·4 days agoStupid question is that how they would spell America in Germany “Amerika”?
minus-squareunemployedclaquer@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 days agoThe hard “c” sound as you see in America is always a ‘k’ auf deutsch.
minus-squarexmunk@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up0·4 days agoJust wait until you see how Americans spell Deutschland…
minus-squaresuperkret@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up0·4 days agoJust wait till you hear how we pronounce “Chicago”.
minus-squareyetAnotherUser@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up0·4 days agoIt’s obviously pronounced Kicago, just like Chamäleon, Chemie and China :)
minus-squarembirth@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 days ago Kemie and Kina I threw up a little…
minus-squarexmunk@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up0·4 days 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-squareCaptain Baka@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-24 days agoSomething a person that definitely doesn’t speak german would say. We spell it exactly like this.
minus-squareMagister Sieran@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up0·4 days ago…Yes, that’s why they’re asking.
Stupid question is that how they would spell America in Germany “Amerika”?
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…
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…
Eh, as a Bostonian I’m always much more impressed by how people’s tongues try to leave orbit when they first encounter Worcester.
Ja
Something a person that definitely doesn’t speak german would say. We spell it exactly like this.
…Yes, that’s why they’re asking.
Yep, that’s how we spell it.