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minus-squarefriek@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoWhat do the Germans and/or French call selfies?
minus-squareCyberEgg@discuss.tchncs.deOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 year agoDon’t know about the French, but in German you can’t go wrong with Selbsties.
minus-squareporous_grey_matter@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up4·edit-21 year agoSelbstchen, surely. Which also has the dubious honour of having six consonants in a row. Or Selbstli if you’re fancy?
minus-squareCyberEgg@discuss.tchncs.deOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year ago Selbstli That sounds swiss though.
minus-squareEvkob (they/them)@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoIn French, usually selfies. The Québéc French Language Office (OQLF) proposes “égoportrait” but I’ve only ever seen that used very rarely in more formal written contexts.
What do the Germans and/or French call selfies?
Don’t know about the French, but in German you can’t go wrong with Selbsties.
Selbstchen, surely. Which also has the dubious honour of having six consonants in a row. Or Selbstli if you’re fancy?
That sounds swiss though.
Hence fancy ;)
Nein, einfach nein.
In French, usually selfies. The Québéc French Language Office (OQLF) proposes “égoportrait” but I’ve only ever seen that used very rarely in more formal written contexts.