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English is weird
Loki:
This reminds me of the Sierra Mist which had to be renamed to Sierra Silver in Germany.
Mist means dung and is colloquially used in the same way you would use "crap" in English.
chaospersonified:
--- Quote from: Loki on 30 Aug 2015, 23:23 ---This reminds me of the Sierra Mist which had to be renamed to Sierra Silver in Germany.
Mist means dung and is colloquially used in the same way you would use "crap" in English.
--- End quote ---
"You want some Sierra Shit? It's so refreshing!'
Case:
--- Quote from: Loki on 30 Aug 2015, 23:23 ---This reminds me of the Sierra Mist which had to be renamed to Sierra Silver in Germany.
Mist means dung and is colloquially used in the same way you would use "crap" in English.
--- End quote ---
OTOH, germans got over Jonny Depp's surname somewhere in the early 90s, so YMMV.
English is weird:
The seemingly ubiquitous use of "male/female" as nouns. Even worse when used in order to refer to specific men and women.
I thought only Anthropologists and Ferengi refered to grown (Wo-)Men as "a (fe-)male"?
The german equivalent is considered incredibly offensive, as it uses the diminuative -chen, i.e. "Mänchen/Weibchen" (to make matters worse, the gender of all diminuitives in German is neuter). It is only ever used when refering to animals, or in the abstract sense of "The (fe-)male of the species ..." (Or for comedic value, though many would see that as a pretty lame & puerile joke).
For me, using "a male/ a female" when refering to a specific person always sounds condescending, as if one wanted to imply they are less than human - my subconcious insists that "This is a very Dr. Strangelove thing to say".
Am I overthinking this? :?
chaospersonified:
--- Quote from: Case on 31 Aug 2015, 10:50 ---
--- Quote from: Loki on 30 Aug 2015, 23:23 ---This reminds me of the Sierra Mist which had to be renamed to Sierra Silver in Germany.
Mist means dung and is colloquially used in the same way you would use "crap" in English.
--- End quote ---
OTOH, germans got over Jonny Depp's surname somewhere in the early 90s, so YMMV.
--- End quote ---
Probably has something to do with the quality of the product. I feel like Johnny Depp's a better actor than Sierra Mist is a soda.
cesium133:
--- Quote from: chaospersonified on 31 Aug 2015, 00:02 ---
--- Quote from: Loki on 30 Aug 2015, 23:23 ---This reminds me of the Sierra Mist which had to be renamed to Sierra Silver in Germany.
Mist means dung and is colloquially used in the same way you would use "crap" in English.
--- End quote ---
"You want some Sierra Shit? It's so refreshing!'
--- End quote ---
If you ever find yourself on the beach in Brazil wanting a drink, make sure to order "água de coco" (coconut water), not "água de cocô" (shit water). :-P
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