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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@CiaraNi They've been stolen by the Swiss for things like Müesli and Grüezi where an ue wasn't enough for them
@twobiscuits That actually makes perfect sense
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@jenskutilek @rvedotrc @CiaraNi I, English speaker, knew it as haček from TeX. I'm pretty sure "Caron" is only used by font designers (and maybe typographers). Naturally enough, most users don't know words for accents that aren't in their language.
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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.
