• cows_are_underrated
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    23 days ago

    What we do is called “Zangendeutsch”, which means, that we force translate everything into German, even if the translation is absolute bullshit or completely wrong.

    • mitchty@lemmy.sdf.org
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      23 days ago

      I got some of that, but there are posts in here where I have zero idea what’s going on even knowing the source English meme text.

      It reminds me a bit of engrish aka English texts in Japan. Though those are more generally humorous at their literal meanings.

      Aber, Danke für die Erklärung!