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Ahhh, language (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

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[–] Dagnet@lemmy.world 5 points 4 months ago* (2 children)

That's me learning german. Apparently Fremdsprache means foreign language so I went "Isn't it weird that german calls other languages 'strange language?'" then I thought about my own language (portuguese) 'lingua estrangeira' which is basically the same thing haha

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[–] Wfh@lemmy.zip 4 points 4 months ago*

Since stranger comes from strange, does it mean that strange means foreign, or that foreign means strange?

Would Dr Foreign be a better surgeon than Dr Strange?

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[–] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 4 months ago

this made me realize how weird the term feels in swedish, like in german it's "strange language" but i can't recall ever hearing it used.
We'd just say "another language" or something.

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