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• samus12345@sh.itjust.works ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  I just learned “Australia” is “Australien” in German. So why isn’t “Austria” “Austrien?”

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  • Nangijala@feddit.dk ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Don’t tell them that I told you, but Germans are illiterate. They also V sounds like F and stuff.

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    • samus12345@sh.itjust.works ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      V sounds like F and F also sounds like F. But I really can’t throw stones from my English glass house considering what a mess my language is.

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      • Nangijala@feddit.dk ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        They also use a handicapped B for the double S = ß Tsk tsk. Silly Germans, but yes, one must not throw stones in their little glass houses. My native tongue, Danish, is also very nonsensical in differnet ways, but don’t tell the Swedish that I told you that.

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  • neons@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Because the english decided that österreich was too hard to pronounce

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