Czechs welcome

Comments

• ImplyingImplications@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  What about cheques?

  source
• Haarukkateroitin@sopuli.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  How about mates?

  source
• neidu3@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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.

  source

  • lugal@sopuli.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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.

    source
• problembasedperson@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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.

  source

  • Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Same. They probably got some complaints and/or smartass remarks to necessitate it 😁

    source
  • Mongostein@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Some Czech guy probably took it the wrong way and caused a scenr

    source
• HootinNHollerin@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Balances neither

  source