• supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz
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    17 days ago

    Hey question for europeans as a USian here, what is that thing hitting the bus with the word “Zangenduetsch” on it?

    Is it like a big self driving car on a track or something?

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      17 days ago

      It’s a style of writing German used primarily in ich_iel. The name is a word play on tongs (German Zange) and tongue (German Zunge, or, as a synonym to language, Sprache). Zangendeutsch uses as many English words as possible, but translates them in the most ridiculous manner possible. The word Zangendeutsch itself is a nice example: die deutsche Sprache = the German tongue => the German tong = Zangendeutsch. There is a tiny community reverting this principle, using English vocabulary with German phraseology: i_itrl. Check it out to get an idea of the effect.