misk@sopuli.xyz to Europe@feddit.orgEnglish · 2 months agoGermans decry influence of English as ‘idiot’s apostrophe’ gets official approvalwww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square88fedilinkarrow-up1176arrow-down18cross-posted to: globalnews@lemmy.zip
arrow-up1168arrow-down1external-linkGermans decry influence of English as ‘idiot’s apostrophe’ gets official approvalwww.theguardian.commisk@sopuli.xyz to Europe@feddit.orgEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square88fedilinkcross-posted to: globalnews@lemmy.zip
minus-squareDavidGarcia@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down24·2 months agoI’m glad they changed is, german spelling is horrible
minus-squareyetAnotherUser@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·2 months agoThis person when working at an ice cream parlour: English explanation The German word Keks translates to cookie/biscuit. Its plural case is Kekse. So the person who wrote the sign put an apostrophe inside a word in singular case. It’s like spelling “school bus” as “school bu’s”.
minus-squaretrollercoaster@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 months agoThe problem is, that with the change, it’ll become even more horrible.
I’m glad they changed is, german spelling is horrible
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This person when working at an ice cream parlour:
English explanation
The German word Keks translates to cookie/biscuit. Its plural case is Kekse.
So the person who wrote the sign put an apostrophe inside a word in singular case. It’s like spelling “school bus” as “school bu’s”.
The problem is, that with the change, it’ll become even more horrible.