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Re:The Awful German Language by davedx on Friday May 16, 2025 @09:47AM (#44005500)
Also accounting!

In English: "assets and liabilities" (Old French derived). In continental languages: "actives and passives" (medieval Latin accounting vocabulary).

Re:The Awful German Language by BobaFloutist on Friday May 16, 2025 @06:53PM (#44010517)
That's funny, in English "actives and passives" are videogaming terms!