FrogPrincess@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 6 hours agoGerman-speakers of Lemmy, does 'Amerika' normally mean 'the Americas' or 'the USA'?message-squaremessage-square24fedilinkarrow-up140arrow-down15
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minus-squareandrewta@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·6 hours agoStupid question is that how they would spell America in Germany “Amerika”?
minus-squareunemployedclaquer@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 hours agoThe hard “c” sound as you see in America is always a ‘k’ auf deutsch.
minus-squaresuperkret@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up3·4 hours agoJust wait till you hear how we pronounce “Chicago”.
minus-squareyetAnotherUser@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 hours agoIt’s obviously pronounced Kicago, just like Chamäleon, Chemie and China :)
minus-squarembirth@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 hours ago Kemie and Kina I threw up a little…
minus-squarexmunk@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·4 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-squarexmunk@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·4 hours agoJust wait until you see how Americans spell Deutschland…
minus-squareCaptain Baka@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down5·edit-26 hours agoSomething a person that definitely doesn’t speak german would say. We spell it exactly like this.
minus-squareMagister Sieran@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up6·5 hours 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.
Yep, that’s how we spell it.
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.
Just wait until you see how Americans spell Deutschland…
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Something a person that definitely doesn’t speak german would say. We spell it exactly like this.
…Yes, that’s why they’re asking.