you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[+] 15 points 1 year ago (11 children)
  • [–] 13 points 1 year ago (10 children)

    I checked the etymology and am disappointed that there's no link between the word ostrich and Austria.

  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 10 child comments
  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (6 children)
  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (5 children)

    I just learned "Australia" is "Australien" in German. So why isn't "Austria" "Austrien?"

  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 5 child comments
  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

    Don't tell them that I told you, but Germans are illiterate. They also think V sounds like F and stuff.

  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 3 child comments
  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    V sounds like F and F also sounds like F. But I really can't throw stones from my English glass house considering what a mess my language is.

  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 2 child comments
  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago

    They also use a handicapped B for the double S = ß Tsk tsk. Silly Germans, but yes, one must not throw stones in their little glass houses. My native tongue, Danish, is also very nonsensical in differnet ways, but don't tell the Swedish that I told you that.

  • source
  • parent