FrogPrincess@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 day agoGerman-speakers of Lemmy, does 'Amerika' normally mean 'the Americas' or 'the USA'?message-squaremessage-square24fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1message-squareGerman-speakers of Lemmy, does 'Amerika' normally mean 'the Americas' or 'the USA'?FrogPrincess@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 day agomessage-square24fedilink
minus-squareandrewta@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 day agoStupid question is that how they would spell America in Germany “Amerika”?
minus-squareunemployedclaquer@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 day agoThe hard “c” sound as you see in America is always a ‘k’ auf deutsch.
minus-squarexmunk@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 day agoJust wait until you see how Americans spell Deutschland…
minus-squaresuperkret@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 day agoJust wait till you hear how we pronounce “Chicago”.
minus-squareyetAnotherUser@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 day agoIt’s obviously pronounced Kicago, just like Chamäleon, Chemie and China :)
minus-squarembirth@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 day ago Kemie and Kina I threw up a little…
minus-squarexmunk@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 day agoEh, as a Bostonian I’m always much more impressed by how people’s tongues try to leave orbit when they first encounter Worcester.
minus-squareCaptain Baka@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-21 day agoSomething a person that definitely doesn’t speak german would say. We spell it exactly like this.
minus-squareMagister Sieran@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 day ago…Yes, that’s why they’re asking.
Stupid question is that how they would spell America in Germany “Amerika”?
The hard “c” sound as you see in America is always a ‘k’ auf deutsch.
That makes sense
Just wait until you see how Americans spell Deutschland…
Just wait till you hear how we pronounce “Chicago”.
It’s obviously pronounced Kicago, just like Chamäleon, Chemie and China :)
I threw up a little…
Eh, as a Bostonian I’m always much more impressed by how people’s tongues try to leave orbit when they first encounter Worcester.
Ja
Something a person that definitely doesn’t speak german would say. We spell it exactly like this.
…Yes, that’s why they’re asking.
Yep, that’s how we spell it.