BarqsHasBite@lemmy.ca to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoLanguages without the letter U can't call it a U turn.message-squaremessage-square55fedilinkarrow-up1158arrow-down120
arrow-up1138arrow-down1message-squareLanguages without the letter U can't call it a U turn.BarqsHasBite@lemmy.ca to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square55fedilink
minus-squareBarqsHasBite@lemmy.caOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·1 year agoWhat does that translate to?
minus-squareJeena@jemmy.jeena.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up34·edit-21 year agokehrt -> return wende -> turn
minus-squareKirbo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 year agoso doing a U-turn then doing it agin is a re re turn turn
minus-squareArcher@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up10·1 year agoKnowing the Germans, probably “extra long and bent letter I”
What does that translate to?
kehrt -> return
wende -> turn
A re-turn?
re turn turn
so doing a U-turn then doing it agin is a re re turn turn
Knowing the Germans, probably “extra long and bent letter I”