FrogPrincess@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 3 months agoGerman-speakers of Lemmy, does 'Amerika' normally mean 'the Americas' or 'the USA'?message-squaremessage-square25fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1message-squareGerman-speakers of Lemmy, does 'Amerika' normally mean 'the Americas' or 'the USA'?FrogPrincess@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square25fedilink
minus-squareandrewta@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·3 months agoStupid question is that how they would spell America in Germany “Amerika”?
minus-squareCaptain Baka@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-23 months agoSomething a person that definitely doesn’t speak german would say. We spell it exactly like this.
minus-squareMagister Sieran@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up0·3 months ago…Yes, that’s why they’re asking.
minus-squaresuperkret@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up0·3 months agoJust wait till you hear how we pronounce “Chicago”.
minus-squareyetAnotherUser@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up0·3 months agoIt’s obviously pronounced Kicago, just like Chamäleon, Chemie and China :)
minus-squarembirth@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 months ago Kemie and Kina I threw up a little…
minus-squarexmunk@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up0·3 months agoEh, as a Bostonian I’m always much more impressed by how people’s tongues try to leave orbit when they first encounter Worcester.
minus-squarexmunk@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up0·3 months agoJust wait until you see how Americans spell Deutschland…
minus-squareunemployedclaquer@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 months agoThe hard “c” sound as you see in America is always a ‘k’ auf deutsch.
Stupid question is that how they would spell America in Germany “Amerika”?
Yep, that’s how we spell it.
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Something a person that definitely doesn’t speak german would say. We spell it exactly like this.
…Yes, that’s why they’re asking.
Just wait till you hear how we pronounce “Chicago”.
It’s obviously pronounced Kicago, just like Chamäleon, Chemie and China :)
I threw up a little…
Eh, as a Bostonian I’m always much more impressed by how people’s tongues try to leave orbit when they first encounter Worcester.
Just wait until you see how Americans spell Deutschland…
The hard “c” sound as you see in America is always a ‘k’ auf deutsch.
That makes sense