@maxine the difference between gif and gif is literally whether you see it as having more french vs german etymology and nobody talks about this. gift and gills are german/danish and imagine/gin are french
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@hipsterelectron Und genau darum sage ich immer nur „gif“.
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@hipsterelectron @maxine it's definitely the German meaning of gift, anyway
@hipsterelectron @maxine ukrainians and western slavs after the g->h shift: hif!!!
seriously though, why the g is "german" pronounced in the french way? (it is not in my language)
@lkundrak i always liked the spanish "aleman". it was my first clue that language is completely made up (good). i'll also never get over my very japanese japanese teacher saying the english word "japan" is completely meaningless and she kinda dislikes it. especially given the history of us control over japan and writing their constitution for them it seems a little fucked up
@lkundrak i actually don't know why that is and i appreciate you mentioning it bc it will now trouble me forever. i wonder who made up that pronunciation or where it came from since i just looked it up and french shares the spanish word allemagne
@lkundrak oh my fucking god it was julius goddamn caesar. that little shit https://www.etymonline.com/word/german
@hipsterelectron ha! had no clue until now what the word "german" means.
in my language, it's "němec" -- a mute. sort of local version of "barbarian". i imagine they may be about as thrilled about it as the japanese teacher about "japan"
@lkundrak i'm still trying to figure out a slur for british people. difficult when they have no shame but i am persistent
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