But for real, for those who are curious: the border between Germany and Poland is effectively the border between western and eastern Europe. So to Slav people Germans lived right over there, and yet spoke something incomprehensible; so we called them “mute” (in Poland at least). If I can’t understand you you are mute to me, basically. And the word for “Germans” is the same as for “Germany”, so we call the country itself mutes 😅
Still better than Rakousko/Rakúsko. Czech and Slovak are the only languages where the word for Austria does not originate from “Österreich” but from Ratgoz, a single proto-Austrian guy’s name.
Tbf a good chunk of Europe calls it “land of people that can’t speak” basically
They’re clearly thinking of the Dutch.
They can speak, they just act like they can’t in front of foreigners. I am learning “Dutch” and am 100% convinced this whole language is a hoax
Cause they can’t!1!
But for real, for those who are curious: the border between Germany and Poland is effectively the border between western and eastern Europe. So to Slav people Germans lived right over there, and yet spoke something incomprehensible; so we called them “mute” (in Poland at least). If I can’t understand you you are mute to me, basically. And the word for “Germans” is the same as for “Germany”, so we call the country itself mutes 😅
For fun with words:
I wonder how confusing these are for people not speaking polish xD
Nemecko
Nemý
Never realized that.
Still better than Rakousko/Rakúsko. Czech and Slovak are the only languages where the word for Austria does not originate from “Österreich” but from Ratgoz, a single proto-Austrian guy’s name.
Yeah right? When it hit me I was like hmmm