misk@sopuli.xyz to EuropeEnglish · 2 days agoGermans decry influence of English as ‘idiot’s apostrophe’ gets official approvalwww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square87fedilinkarrow-up1164arrow-down16cross-posted to: globalnews@lemmy.zip
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minus-squareDavidGarcia@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down25·2 days agoI’m glad they changed is, german spelling is horrible
minus-squareDiplomjodler@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·2 days agoEr findet den Deppenapostroph gut! Holt die Fackeln und Mistgabeln!
minus-squareKissakilinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·23 hours ago Mistgabeln Du meinst bestimmt Mist’s Gabeln.
minus-squareKasimirDDlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·2 days agoUnd trotzdem werde ich auf des Deppenapostrophs Hügel sterben!
minus-squareyetAnotherUser@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·2 days agoThis person when working at an ice cream parlour: English explanation The German word Keks translates to cookie/biscuit. Its plural case is Kekse. So the person who wrote the sign put an apostrophe inside a word in singular case. It’s like spelling “school bus” as “school bu’s”.
minus-squaretrollercoaster@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 days agoThe problem is, that with the change, it’ll become even more horrible.
I’m glad they changed is, german spelling is horrible
Er findet den Deppenapostroph gut! Holt die Fackeln und Mistgabeln!
Du meinst bestimmt Mist’s Gabeln.
Und trotzdem werde ich auf des Deppenapostrophs Hügel sterben!
dank bitt
This person when working at an ice cream parlour:
English explanation
The German word Keks translates to cookie/biscuit. Its plural case is Kekse.
So the person who wrote the sign put an apostrophe inside a word in singular case. It’s like spelling “school bus” as “school bu’s”.
The problem is, that with the change, it’ll become even more horrible.