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

[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

[dlakelan@mastodon.sdf.org]

@dan
I personally would expect it to say

Du, du hast, du hast mich geklingelt

[itgrrl@infosec.exchange]

@dan I humbly suggest a change… ‍️

https://youtu.be/sPMKlEwrIs8?si=-ingfVRvC3XL1yQv

[aaronk6@mastodon.social]

@dan “Successfully connected to internet.”

[lianna@micro.webgarden.click]

@humanhorseshoes @dan "Ding dong!"

[humanhorseshoes@mastodon.world]

@lianna @dan https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QSo0duY7-9s

[oscherler@tooting.ch]

@dan Whereas a British doorbell would go: “It certainly gave the impression that the doorbell rang. I shall endeavour to ascertain who that could be at this time of night.”

[strit@mastodon.social]

@dan "You rang?"
Lurch, Addams Family