Re:The Awful German Language
by VonGallifrey on Friday May 16, 2025 @01:52PM
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None of those are actual German words. For some of them, I found references that these words could potentially be used in Pennsylvania, but most of these words are not even German, even when you split them into their components.
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Re:The Awful German Language
by FiatLuxDave on Friday May 16, 2025 @02:07PM
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The reference you were looking for is https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blinkenlights
Re:The Awful German Language
by VonGallifrey on Friday May 16, 2025 @02:27PM
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From your link there:
> written in a mangled form of German.
If you show this to anyone who knows German, they will recognize that this was written by someone who doesn't.
I believe the comment you replied to is what is known as a "joke".
Re:The Awful German Language
by VonGallifrey on Friday May 16, 2025 @03:13PM
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Given that the commenter left another comment about having been misinformed, I don't think it was a Joke.
Re:The Awful German Language
by kevin_thibedeau on Friday May 16, 2025 @03:57PM
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So the stereotype rings true then.
The one about German’s lacking a sense of humor?
Re:The Awful German Language
by janderson215 on Friday May 16, 2025 @10:54PM
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Ja
yeah, it was a joke and what you just linked to was sarcasm and/or mockery.
Re:The Awful German Language
by WalterBright on Friday May 16, 2025 @02:43PM
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> None of those are actual German words
I've been misinformed!
It happens to the best of us!
Re:The Awful German Language
by WalterBright on Friday May 16, 2025 @10:04PM
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I also went to Casablanca for the waters.