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submitted 1 year ago by to c/whitepeopletwitter@sh.itjust.works
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[–] 33 points 1 year ago (2 children)

In German, when two or more trucks overtake with very slight speed differences like this, they call it "Elefantenrennen" or "elephant racing". Bit of a disrespect to elephants if you ask me, snails would've been more appropriate.

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  • [–] 8 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    haha, we have the exact same phrase in the states. not even just similar, it's literally called an elephant race here too.

    makes me wonder what country started it. or maybe they just look so much like elephants racing that multiple languages have like convergent linguistics.

    like carcinification but for the phrase "elephant race"

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  • [–] 0 points 1 year ago

    When I looked up the article on wikipedia I found it in my language as well (Danish) but I've never really heard it said out loud. To be fair, I don't drive at all, so that's probably a big reason as to why.

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