Spyke
lemmy.world

Being German with a Ukrainian grandmother, I can promise that simply shouting a recipe in Russian will wither most people to the ground.

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That's the case for pretty much every language if the person you're talking to doesn't understand you and you shout it aggressively enough

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Wolandreply
lemm.ee

Mein Herr, dies ist ein Wendy's

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pawb.social

Whenever I need to intimidate someone, I say "У меня есть маленькая собачка" in an angry mumble. It sounds scary, but means "I have a little dog"...

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pawb.social

Спасибо, хорошо. Я Американец, изучаю русский язык. Первый год.

(Мне нужна была помощь от Google.)

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Это здесь место встречи, где не русские говорят по-русски? (Я немец)

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feddit.de

Harrys Pferdeschnitzel, gestern noch geritten, heute schon mit fritten. Was möchten sie bestellen?

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tetris11reply
lemmy.ml

Hallo, ich hatte gestern bei euch ein schnitzel bestellt. Leider muss ich sagen dass es war ein bisschen unter gekocht, weil es hat mein stroh hut gegessen, und mein tochter hat ihm der ganze nacht geritten.

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frankyboireply
lemmy.ca

no idea what that mean but I feel attacked.

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"Sprich deutsch du hurensohn" is an expression for a german finding a post that has at least a part german or speaks about germans.
It translates to: "Speak german son of a whore"
Dont take it serious

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Wenn du das sagen willst, sag es richtig! ::: spoiler spoiler ___ I really hope I said that right, or else this would be far too ironic for my taste. :::

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Oliverreply
lemmy.ca

Only fascists talk like that at their conferences. And then it doesn't sound much better in other languages.

There are a hell of a lot of good examples of how terrible our language is, but that's nonsense.

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It's a tired joke missing any context or finesse but has some truth to it like most of these kind of stereotypes.

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Oh for sure. Any language sounds intense asf when you're yelling it. Didn't mean to hit some nerves by linking a decade old video... I believe the creators meant no harm and I didn't either :[

If someone who didn't speak English overheard me greeting my cousins, they'd probably think I was trying to start a fight :P

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Nah. I find German kind of playful actually. Phrases that sound Latinate and serious in English, in German sound more playful to me as a native Anglophone. As they often use similar roots to "less serious" Germanic words in English.

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One of my favorites. After learning insults in German and Spanish, English curses are weaksauce.

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You should know how it works to say how you like your friend in the Brazilian/carioca way (Rio de Janeiro). It scares the shit out of anyone from outside there.

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No no, insult in quebec french : ostie de coliss de tabarnack de bout de viarge du criss

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So we're talking insults and no one's gonna mention Serbian.... Пуши курац is a classic!

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