The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.worldM to memes@lemmy.world · 10 days agoAre we just making up language rules as we go?lemmy.worldimagemessage-square122linkfedilinkarrow-up1682arrow-down112
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minus-square5ibelius9insterberg@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up20·10 days agoLet me present to you a genre-classic from Germany: umFAHREN -> to drive around something or somebody. UMfahren -> to drive against something or somebody in a way it/they fall over.
minus-squareHonytawk@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·9 days agoIt is the same in Dutch: omvaren can mean both sailing around and sailing over.
Let me present to you a genre-classic from Germany:
umFAHREN -> to drive around something or somebody.
UMfahren -> to drive against something or somebody in a way it/they fall over.
It is the same in Dutch: omvaren can mean both sailing around and sailing over.