lugal

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[–] lugal 24 points 1 day ago (2 children)

German has a word for this: Wackelkontakt

[–] lugal 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Yes, we often call them "long" and "short" E but the short E is actually halfway to A. It's a different vowel even though it's written the same. The last E is the vowel we often have in unstressed syllables like gekommen, same in English upon, about. We write it as E but it's basically the most relaxed vowel possible.

Look at this vowel chart to see and hear the differences.

[–] lugal 12 points 2 days ago (1 children)

True, it's a common female name, or was idk. Iirc the car is named after the daughter of the inventor. The German pronunciation is the butchered version of the Spanish first name so I'm on no moral high ground

[–] lugal 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Thanks for the context!

[–] lugal 6 points 2 days ago

It's basically the three E sounds we have in German (short, long and "unstressed") but I see that to the untrained ear, this isn't obvious

[–] lugal 4 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Isn't that technically true about all of Italy?

I mean, it's the same with Germany and we joke about how Bavaria isn't really part of Germany so I don't disagree with you

[–] lugal 17 points 2 days ago

Fünf Minuten vor der Zeit
Ist des Deutschen Pünktlichkeit

[–] lugal 86 points 2 days ago (11 children)

It's the same in German: /mɛʁˈt͡seːdəs/

Despite what other commentators say who are evil and eager to spread lies about the German language

[–] lugal 7 points 5 days ago (3 children)

For subject pronouns, object pronouns are obligatory

[–] lugal 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

"Man macht keine Witze über den Holocaust."

"Oh, ich vergaß."

[–] lugal 6 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Bringing evidence from the future is cheating. They wouldn't believe you if you told them the truth but if you say you are a terrorist and placed a bomb in the world trade center, they might evacuate it

[–] lugal 4 points 3 weeks ago

Mirrors outside the mirror universe? It wouldn't be a mirror universe if mirrors existed elsewhere too

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