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minus-squareAtelopus-zeteki@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up28arrow-down2·2 days agoDammit! These are schwimmflügel, there IS a proper English term. Use It! Edit: Thanks @[email protected] I realized a left out a diacritic mark.
minus-squaremacniel@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up9·2 days agoKindergarten, Rucksack, Schadensfreude :)
minus-squaremacniel@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up3·20 hours agoexcept they are and were lent from German.
minus-squareyetAnotherUser@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up2·21 hours agoSchadensfreude isn’t invalid, it’s just a rare variant. The “s” allows for a smoother connection between the two words. If this spelling is confusing, just pretend the “s” is silent.
minus-squareAtelopus-zeteki@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up2·20 hours agoDo you mean silent as in ilent?
minus-squareFooBarrington@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·21 hours agoI mean, it’s at least not valid in German. There might be people using that word in English, I don’t know.
minus-squareFooBarrington@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·edit-220 hours agoZe fix? Ich stehe korrigiert, danke! Aber zu meiner Verteidigung: laut Ngram-Viewer ist Schadenfreude (~0.000130%) 144-mal so häufig wie Schadensfreude (~0.00000090%).
minus-squareAtelopus-zeteki@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 days agoFloaties image search: https://duckduckgo.com/?q=floaties&t=ffab&ia=images&iax=images Nary a schwimmflügel in those results at all. I rest my case.
minus-squareNelots@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 days agoTry again with the word ‘arm’ in front.
minus-squareAtelopus-zeteki@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 day agoI much prefer to manipulate searches, and cherry pick results to fit my warped sense of humor, thanks.
minus-squareAtelopus-zeteki@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up2·20 hours agoI mean this is a shitpost community after all. Best to ya!
minus-squaresprite0@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up7·2 days agomy dad always called them floogles and i never knew why!
minus-squareAtelopus-zeteki@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 days agoParents can be mysterious, that way.
Dammit! These are schwimmflügel, there IS a proper English term. Use It!
Edit: Thanks @[email protected] I realized a left out a diacritic mark.
🤔
Kindergarten, Rucksack, Schadensfreude :)
Are not English…
except they are and were lent from German.
It’s actually Schadenfreude
Schadensfreude isn’t invalid, it’s just a rare variant. The “s” allows for a smoother connection between the two words. If this spelling is confusing, just pretend the “s” is silent.
Do you mean silent as in ilent?
I mean, it’s at least not valid in German. There might be people using that word in English, I don’t know.
Ze fix? Ich stehe korrigiert, danke!
Aber zu meiner Verteidigung: laut Ngram-Viewer ist Schadenfreude (~0.000130%) 144-mal so häufig wie Schadensfreude (~0.00000090%).
Floaties image search: https://duckduckgo.com/?q=floaties&t=ffab&ia=images&iax=images
Nary a schwimmflügel in those results at all. I rest my case.
Try again with the word ‘arm’ in front.
I much prefer to manipulate searches, and cherry pick results to fit my warped sense of humor, thanks.
Yeah that’s fair
I mean this is a shitpost community after all. Best to ya!
my dad always called them floogles and i never knew why!
Parents can be mysterious, that way.