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For example 'hund' (dog) becomes "hundes" in the genitive form and was written "hund's" when the 'e' was elided.
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It is my belief that you may not fully leverage the synergistic potential of the value-added verbosity inherent in corporate linguistics.
Unless there’s a fulcrum involved, I don’t want to read the word “leverage”.
That's like changing the spelling of Espresso to Expresso
I say the EU should adopt the Romanian language. It's spoken the same way as it is written. That should solve all spelling problems forever. :)))
No natural language is actually 100% phonetic. Romanian is no exception. Romanian spelling and pronunciation are close to phonetic, but the same is true of German.
Reminds me of the story: > A Pan Am 727 flight, waiting for start clearance in Munich, overheard the following: > Lufthansa (in German): "Ground, what is our start clearance time?" > Ground (in English): "If you want an answer you must speak in English." > Lufthansa (in English): "I am a German, flying a German airplane, in Germany. Why must I speak English?" > Unknown voice from another plane (in a beautiful British…
Speaking of the English language influencing German, I want my Erdbeermarmelade back. I don't care that english marmalde cannot be made of strawberries.
It seems the EU laws for this have changed last year [1], to allow Erdbeermarmelade again. 1: I was only able to find something in German: https://www.wiwo.de/politik/ausland/realsatire-aus-bruessel-...
Given the long and deplorable influence of German on American scholarly prose, this inspires only Schadenfreude. I'm not singling out the Germans, mind you. I smirk also when the French complain of American modes of thought polluting their schools: when municipal bureaucrats let contracts not for demolition but for deconstruction, I say that we have injuries to avenge.
Given the long and deplorable influence of German on American scholarly prose, this inspires only Schadenfreude. I'm not singling out the Germans, mind you. I smirk also when the French complain of American modes of thought polluting their schools: when municipal bureaucrats let contracts not for demolition but for deconstruction, I say that we have injuries to avenge.
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As is “codes” - I hear this often from non-native colleagues
With regard to source code(s), I hear it exclusively from scientists, regardless of nationality. None of the coders I've worked with (and I'm in Berlin) have put the s on the end of code. Quite a few will use "he" to describe inanimate objects, though: "I spilled coffee on the table and now he is wet", that kind of thing. (This is still better than my German, which is embarassing given how long I've been here)