FrogPrincess to AsklemmyEnglish · 7 hours agoGerman-speakers of Lemmy, does 'Amerika' normally mean 'the Americas' or 'the USA'?message-squaremessage-square26fedilinkarrow-up142arrow-down15
arrow-up137arrow-down1message-squareGerman-speakers of Lemmy, does 'Amerika' normally mean 'the Americas' or 'the USA'?FrogPrincess to AsklemmyEnglish · 7 hours agomessage-square26fedilink
minus-squareandrewta@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·7 hours agoStupid question is that how they would spell America in Germany “Amerika”?
minus-squareunemployedclaquer@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 hours agoThe hard “c” sound as you see in America is always a ‘k’ auf deutsch.
minus-squaresuperkret@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up3·5 hours agoJust wait till you hear how we pronounce “Chicago”.
minus-squareyetAnotherUser@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 hours agoIt’s obviously pronounced Kicago, just like Chamäleon, Chemie and China :)
minus-squareyetAnotherUser@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up1·27 minutes agoBut Chemie comes from Chemnitz (obviously) so it must be pronounced with K Don’t know where China comes from, maybe from Chinese which is obviously pronounced with K.
minus-squarexmunk@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·5 hours agoEh, as a Bostonian I’m always much more impressed by how people’s tongues try to leave orbit when they first encounter Worcester.
minus-squarexmunk@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·5 hours agoJust wait until you see how Americans spell Deutschland…
minus-squareCaptain Baka@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down5·edit-26 hours agoSomething a person that definitely doesn’t speak german would say. We spell it exactly like this.
minus-squareMagister Sieran@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up6·6 hours ago…Yes, that’s why they’re asking.
Stupid question is that how they would spell America in Germany “Amerika”?
Yep, that’s how we spell it.
The hard “c” sound as you see in America is always a ‘k’ auf deutsch.
That makes sense
Ja
Just wait till you hear how we pronounce “Chicago”.
It’s obviously pronounced Kicago, just like Chamäleon, Chemie and China :)
I threw up a little…
But Chemie comes from Chemnitz (obviously) so it must be pronounced with K
Don’t know where China comes from, maybe from Chinese which is obviously pronounced with K.
Eh, as a Bostonian I’m always much more impressed by how people’s tongues try to leave orbit when they first encounter Worcester.
Just wait until you see how Americans spell Deutschland…
Something a person that definitely doesn’t speak german would say. We spell it exactly like this.
…Yes, that’s why they’re asking.