Inspired by https://lemmy.world/post/29483294
Hey question for europeans as a USian here, what is that thing hitting the bus with the word "Zangenduetsch" on it?
Is it like a big self driving car on a track or something?
this post was submitted on 11 May 2025
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its like the hyperloop but without vacuum, better suited for mass transportation, easier to build and maintain, able to transport booth passengers and freight but with the big difference: it actually works
Wait people use these things for transportation??? Where are the ads then?
inside of course (thats an older train in berlin, the last few could still be in use)
Very cool, but my first thought is how do you keep poor people from using it though? I don't know if I would want something nice like that if somebody poorer than me could also use it.
That's the fun part: We don't allow people to use them for free and we build beneches on which you can't lay at the spots where the vehicles stop. So you're safe when it comes to homeless. How great, isn't it?
Great to know not everything about this is so foreign to my country :)
punches self in face
Why are they so foreign to your country, though? Poor people who use them but can't afford a ticket frequently get jailed.
At least before the Deutschlandticket (Germanyticket) that allows travel with "short distance" trains the price still was too steep for very poor people to get monthly or yearly tickets (i am not talking about people with jobs) and they walked/biked (some that still want to save money refuse to buy the Deutschlandticket too). Or the infrastucture in rural areas is bad (especially where the AfD/Nazis are strong)
What sort of bullshit first class train is this? Where's all the sadness? Why is it so white?
It has big windows so you can find the sadness outside. Mostly works when the train is underground
It's a style of writing German used primarily in ich_iel. The name is a word play on tongs (German Zange) and tongue (German Zunge, or, as a synonym to language, Sprache). Zangendeutsch uses as many English words as possible, but translates them in the most ridiculous manner possible. The word Zangendeutsch itself is a nice example: die deutsche Sprache = the German tongue => the German tong = Zangendeutsch. There is a tiny community reverting this principle, using English vocabulary with German phraseology: i_itrl. Check it out to get an idea of the effect.
Oh so it’s the same rule as in Rance.
English is forbidden and must be translated to French in the most idiotic way possible.
My favourite is probably: What the fuck = C’est quoi la baise.
Shitposters of all nations unite!
we just need the nft version for this to be great!
runs away from imminent artillery strike
runs away from imminent artillery strike
Why run? This won't hurt a bit. Please stand still and smile.
Are you calling memes "moimois"?
Yes, and posts or crossposts are poteaux and croix poteaux.
Same in !ich_iel@feddit.org. Michmichs, Pfosten or Pfostierung and Kreuzpfostierungen.
Fickt euch alle; was habt ihr mich angetan?
Wie heißt denn, „pfostieren“ wenn man sich mal nicht auf dem Internetz lächerlich machen will?
Internetz
Zwischennetz bitte, wir sind doch keine Barbaren.
Doch seid ihr! Genau das ist mein Problem.
Mir würde ganz klar erklärt, dass wahre Deutsche kein Spaß erkennen.
Gibt tatsächlich keine so richtig gute Übersetzung für "to post something".
Man kann "veröffentlichen" ("publish") sagen, aber das klingt sehr formal/wichtig, als hättest Du ein Buch verfasst.
Äh, "verfassen" ("to author something") kann man theoretisch auch sagen, klingt aber auch formal.
Manchmal macht "hochladen" ("upload") Sinn, aber eben nur wenn man tatsächlich ein Bild oder Video irgendwo hochlädt.
Und auf der deutschen Fassung der Lemmy-Webseite wird "(Beitrag) erstellen" ("create (post)") verwendet, klingt aber immernoch einigermaßen formal und man muss eben dazu sagen, dass ein Beitrag erstellt wurde.
Deshalb wird informell schon auch tatsächlich ein denglisches Wort verwendet, nämlich "posten". Also ausgesprochen wie das englische "post" + das normale -en.
Beweis, dass es das tatsächlich gibt: https://www.dwds.de/wb/posten#1
Vielen Dank für die Lektion.
Also dann poste ich weiter und höre ich mit den pfostieren auf.
You do realize that it is an American train, of the type that most Americans have seen dozens of times?
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"yes sir, it looks like we have another trained insurgent spreading propaganda"
Allens is gangster, bis PLATTDEUTSCH förbi kämmt.
Plattdüütsch. Dat heet Plattdüütsch. Jümmer düüsse Süüdutschen.
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Jaaaaaaaaa brüdddeeerrrrrrrrr
That's gotta be fairly easy to get right once you know what's going on. It's basically just deliberately inadequate word for word translations.
We should like set up a discord where we set specific channels for languages and do the whole integrated learning thing.
Or maybe I should play Elden Ring in different languages
Or watch Star Wars in different languages
"The Simpsons" has been translated into so many languages it's basically a televised Rosetta Stone.
I mean, it could make it easier
I have been learning about trains recently and I don't think it is fair to expect trains to make busses jobs easier