The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.worldM to memes@lemmy.world · 23 hours agoAre we just making up language rules as we go?lemmy.worldimagemessage-square69fedilinkarrow-up1495arrow-down18
arrow-up1487arrow-down1imageAre we just making up language rules as we go?lemmy.worldThe Picard Maneuver@lemmy.worldM to memes@lemmy.world · 23 hours agomessage-square69fedilink
minus-square5ibelius9insterberg@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up19·17 hours agoLet me present to you a genre-classic from Germany: umFAHREN -> to drive around something or somebody. UMfahren -> to drive against something or somebody in a way it/they fall over.
minus-squareHonytawk@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 hours agoIt is the same in Dutch: omvaren can mean both sailing around and sailing over.
Let me present to you a genre-classic from Germany:
umFAHREN -> to drive around something or somebody.
UMfahren -> to drive against something or somebody in a way it/they fall over.
It is the same in Dutch: omvaren can mean both sailing around and sailing over.