How about mates?
Czechs welcome
Submitted 1 week ago by petrescatraian@libranet.de to memes@sopuli.xyz
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Haarukkateroitin@sopuli.xyz 1 week ago
neidu3@sh.itjust.works 1 week ago
I lived to Brno for close to two years. Didn’t see a single cheque/check while there. I think they’re mutually exclusive with Czechs.
lugal@sopuli.xyz 1 week ago
The Germans have a word for this: Homophonieflucht (flight of homophones). It means that when you have two words that sound the same, one will eventually be avoided to prevent misunderstandings. One example I have in mind is that the German word Strauß means ostrich and it used to also had the now archaic meaning of “fight” I only heard of in this historical linguistics class. It doesn’t mean fight anymore to avoid misunderstandings.
I wasn’t aware of the social implications this effect can have tho.
problembasedperson@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 week ago
What makes it funny for me it’s that those are two different handwritings, as if someone came later and felt it deserved aclaration.
Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 week ago
Same. They probably got some complaints and/or smartass remarks to necessitate it 😁
Mongostein@lemmy.ca 1 week ago
Some Czech guy probably took it the wrong way and caused a scenr
HootinNHollerin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 week ago
Balances neither
ImplyingImplications@lemmy.ca 1 week ago
What about cheques?