continuing to enjoy how my German-manufactured doorbell interacts with me in exactly the way one would expect a German doorbell to

[humanhorseshoes@mastodon.world]

@dan Whoever wrote that speaks British English and knows how the present perfect tense works. An American system would use the past simple, it rang

[clark@hachyderm.io]

@dan - If only you had Werner Herzog for text-to-speach

[pmcg@mastodon.social]

@dan @jalefkowit “I am a new tie wearingk”

[aburka@hachyderm.io]

@dan but for whom has it rung?

[flipper@mastodonapp.uk]

@clark @dan The bell, which signifies the darkness that exists always at the edge of civilisation, has rung deep within your soul and you are now forever changed.

[clickhere@mastodon.ie]

@aburka It has rung for thee.

@dan

[krono@toot.berlin]

@dan I would say exactly that literally translated in German. Fascinating.

[nixanadoo@mastodon.social]

@dan I made the mistake of calling our doorbell "front door" so now it tells us "someone is at the front door door bell" yours is much funnier.

[kwayk42@sechtor.social]

@dan "Ask not for whom the doorbell rings, it just has"

[magitweeter@mastodon.social]

It
It has
It has rung

@dan

[anniebuddy@mstdn.ca]

@dan

So does the ladder.

[homoevolutis0@mastodon.social]

@dan
I ride BMW motos. I get it.

[netraven@hear-me.social]

@dan Do not ask for whom the door bell rings, for it is you.

[catraxx@tech.lgbt]

@dan Love that british = german.

[ppxl@social.tchncs.de]

@magitweeter @dan it has rung but you've been gone

DID YOU REALLY LOCK THE DO-OR?
FOR WHO WAS THE THING DELIVERED FO-OR?

MEINS! (my)

MEINS!

[inguin@nerdculture.de]

@humanhorseshoes @dan That's the difference between Traditional and Simplified English.

[khleedril@cyberplace.social]

@dan

Morning has broken,
Doorbird has spoken...

[mennowolff@ohai.social]

@dan
Sounds like it's a direct translation from German.
"Someone's ringing the doorbell" translates to "Es klingelt". Literally that means "it's ringing."
So if it happened a while ago, that would then become "Es hat geklingelt": "it has rung"
So yeah... Quite likely a bunch of IT nerds who decided to Google translate their app

[acb@mastodon.social]

@dan @timixretroplays I’m imagining this in Werner Herzog’s voice

[luc@chaos.social]

@dan Which model is this? I've been looking for my grandparents who can't make it to the door in the normally expected amount of time anymore