Comment on To be fair, that's more than two words

Frozzie@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

• Sakychu@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  I would argue since that is a compound word it is actually much easier to read since you know how the parts are supposed to be spoken. If that makes sense 😅

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  • hstde@feddit.de ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    Speaking as a German and a software developer: just because you can, does not mean you should.

    Sometimes it is easier and better to not stuff words together and give readers a bad time than to write “Schiffsschraubeneichungsvorgabenverordnungsüberwacher”.

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    • I_Fart_Glitter@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

      Schiffsschraubeneichungsvorgabenverordnungsüberwacher

      From google translate: “Ship propeller calibration specification regulation supervisor”

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      • georgette@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

        An English software developer would write that as, ShipPropellerCalibrationSpecificationRegulationSupervisor so only the camel case would make a difference here

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    • lengau@midwest.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

      German’s more extreme compound words seem like a good linguistic use case for CamelCase.

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      • boonhet@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

        CamelCase

        Technically you mean PascalCase - camelCase starts with an uncapitalized letter :)

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      • Hjalamanger@feddit.nu ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

        It would also make sense as the rule is to capitalise the first letter in all nouns

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    • Sakychu@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Sorry for replying this late, totally missed it but i like the analogy. But what would be the alternative? Creating a new word for every function?

      P. S: Also SchiffsSchraubeenEichungsvorgabenVerordnungsÜberwachung is much more readable: That’s why sir Pascal mounted a camel and created PascalCase and camelCase!

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• EmoDuck@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  There are no people with dyslexia in Germany. The Kaiser implemented these super long words as a eugenics project to eliminate them. It is a very dark part of our history only few people know about

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  • ZC3rr0r@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    I know it’s a joke, but with the level of scrutiny Germany has attracted for its dark history there’s litle chance people wouldn’t have heard of it by now ;-)

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• sagrotan@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  Got another one for you: Mehrlagensichtfensterklotzbodenbeutel The bag some cookies come in.

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  • Microw@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    Tf is a Klotzboden

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  • I_Fart_Glitter@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    Mehrlagensichtfensterklotzbodenbeutel

    From google translate: “Multi-layer view window block bottom bag”

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    • Sidhean@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

      window block

      bottom bag

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• anarchrist@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  I don’t have an official diagnosis…just tendencies and I’m and english native speaker, but I didn’t have any problems with german monster words when i was learning german because they don’t really look similar enough plus when you’re reading you just kind of slow down on the big words you don’t know and figure them out or look them up. I found the german convention of capitalizing of all nouns really helpful too for reading. Yes, i realize i didn’t even capitalize everything i was supposed to in english 😁

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• femboy_bird@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  I literally can’t see the word it’s just a jumble of letters

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• lugal@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  I had dyslexia as a kid and long words freaked me out especially. I never realized that this isn’t a thing for kids in other languages. But honestly: while they have a shock value, they aren’t that common really

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• cows_are_underrated@feddit.de ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  You’ll get used to it.

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• Hjalamanger@feddit.nu ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  The really long ones are a pain to say to as well. You’re kind of Strangling your self trying not too paus in the middle of a word. Only a problem for the awfuly ridiculous ones thought.

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