I was about to Have Opinions about the threats the US is making to Greenland, Denmark and Europe, then realised I have nothing useful to add, so I pressed Delete.
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@datenhalde 'Umläutchen' - a little umlaut. Oh lovely. Not only does it have an umlaut but it's adorable.
@CiaraNi
thing is:
The pronunciation for the diphthong _äu_ (in Umläutchen or the like) is just _oi_. No strange trickery involved
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@CiaraNi
thing is:
The pronunciation for the diphthong _äu_ (in Umläutchen or the like) is just _oi_. No strange trickery involved -
It upsets me that there are no umlauts in the word umlaut
@CiaraNi When borrowing a concept from another language, you can either translate its constituent parts, in which case it is called a calque, or you can steal the foreign word as it is, in which case it is called a loan word.
"Calque" is a loan word from Greek, whereas "loan word" is a calque of the German lehnwort.
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It upsets me that there are no umlauts in the word umlaut
@CiaraNi Níl aon fada sa fhocal fada!
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@CiaraNi Níl aon fada sa fhocal fada!
@twobiscuits Sin ceart
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@CiaraNi When borrowing a concept from another language, you can either translate its constituent parts, in which case it is called a calque, or you can steal the foreign word as it is, in which case it is called a loan word.
"Calque" is a loan word from Greek, whereas "loan word" is a calque of the German lehnwort.
@niklasnisbeth A nice flipping around of things there. I am starting to think that languages are doing it on purpose.
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@swoonie Ah, Hamburg - danke! I found the picture in a long-lost folder recently during a clean-up of old photos. I had to put in the Alt Text that I couldn't remember if I'd taken it in Hamburg or Berlin. Thank you for placing it for me, and for the lovely street name too.
@CiaraNi
You’re welcome. Hamburg happens to be my hometown. I don’t see it featured in my Masto feed very often, so: thank you! -
I was about to Have Opinions about the threats the US is making to Greenland, Denmark and Europe, then realised I have nothing useful to add, so I pressed Delete. Instead, here's a picture I took of a bridge because it had splendid umlauts.
@CiaraNi Er du i min by?
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@CiaraNi Er du i min by?
@dugartogo Ikke lige nu, desværre - jeg elsker Hamburg! Det er et gammelt billede, som jeg fandt for nylig under en fotooprydning.
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@CiaraNi
You’re welcome. Hamburg happens to be my hometown. I don’t see it featured in my Masto feed very often, so: thank you!@swoonie Ah! I thought you were a Mastodaoine duine because of the .ie. You have a wonderful hometown. I love Hamburg and wish I got to visit it more often.
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@swoonie Ah! I thought you were a Mastodaoine duine because of the .ie. You have a wonderful hometown. I love Hamburg and wish I got to visit it more often.
@CiaraNi These things aren’t mutually exclusive…
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@CiaraNi These things aren’t mutually exclusive…
@swoonie Oh no of course not! I just made a passive assumption in the context, I realised afterwards.
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@swoonie Oh no of course not! I just made a passive assumption in the context, I realised afterwards.
