Examples that Danish is the most confusing language for English speakers:
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@randahl @cookingroffa in The Netherlands, Nutricia, a producer of a wide variety of foodstuff, including baby food, confused English speakers with this gem. Translation: mama, this/that one, that one, that one… Please
@pointysticksncoffee @randahl @cookingroffa I'm an American, as you know, and I live in a VERY Latino apartment buildiing. And they think it's all strange that I know Norwegian, but not Spanish. It's fun. And I was outside cleaning pillows. Fluffing them. And my neighbor is like "What you doing?" And I said "Beating my pute", and he's like "WHAT?!", because puta in Spanish is whore, but in Norwegian (and i believe in Danish) pute mean pillow. Which has now become an inside joke of the complex.
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Or the evergreen road signs "Fart kontrol"
@Gupperduck and the German parking exit wishing drivers to have a „Gute Fahrt“. @randahl
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Examples that Danish is the most confusing language for English speakers:
In Denmark, when washing machines are done, their displays write, "Slut!", which means "Finished".
When someone enters an elevator, the display changes to "I fart", which means "On the move".
Tourists have difficulty finding a nice WC, because the signs often say "Bad toilet", meaning "Bathroom and toilet".
In lobbies with multiple elevators, one sign may say, "Gods elevator", which means "Freight elevator".
@randahl what about poor kittens?
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Examples that Danish is the most confusing language for English speakers:
In Denmark, when washing machines are done, their displays write, "Slut!", which means "Finished".
When someone enters an elevator, the display changes to "I fart", which means "On the move".
Tourists have difficulty finding a nice WC, because the signs often say "Bad toilet", meaning "Bathroom and toilet".
In lobbies with multiple elevators, one sign may say, "Gods elevator", which means "Freight elevator".
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@randahl@mastodon.social it might have been "Kan jeg sidde ned" that's another really goofy one
Yeah. Before trying to learn a language, I spend time listening to the sounds deciding if I can say them or if they are differentiated enough.
So anyway, Japanese is the most friendly language to me because of the limited sounds. I attempted Hungarian for the challenge and I ran into all the word forms that were too inconsistent… and how much it felt like every single word was very unique… but no gender! Which made me quit French fastest despite friend thinking I was natural -
Yeah. Before trying to learn a language, I spend time listening to the sounds deciding if I can say them or if they are differentiated enough.
So anyway, Japanese is the most friendly language to me because of the limited sounds. I attempted Hungarian for the challenge and I ran into all the word forms that were too inconsistent… and how much it felt like every single word was very unique… but no gender! Which made me quit French fastest despite friend thinking I was natural -
Examples that Danish is the most confusing language for English speakers:
In Denmark, when washing machines are done, their displays write, "Slut!", which means "Finished".
When someone enters an elevator, the display changes to "I fart", which means "On the move".
Tourists have difficulty finding a nice WC, because the signs often say "Bad toilet", meaning "Bathroom and toilet".
In lobbies with multiple elevators, one sign may say, "Gods elevator", which means "Freight elevator".
@randahl a silly French sign for young Germans is this one.
In french it shows the roadway is closed to traffic “Sauf Bus” (except for busses).
But in German “saufen” means to guzzle or chug, especially alcohol.
So it kinda makes it look like the road is closed to the party bus. Cue giggling teens taking pictures while making fake disappointed faces and pointing at the sign.
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Examples that Danish is the most confusing language for English speakers:
In Denmark, when washing machines are done, their displays write, "Slut!", which means "Finished".
When someone enters an elevator, the display changes to "I fart", which means "On the move".
Tourists have difficulty finding a nice WC, because the signs often say "Bad toilet", meaning "Bathroom and toilet".
In lobbies with multiple elevators, one sign may say, "Gods elevator", which means "Freight elevator".
@randahl, är det inte i Svergie också?
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Examples that Danish is the most confusing language for English speakers:
In Denmark, when washing machines are done, their displays write, "Slut!", which means "Finished".
When someone enters an elevator, the display changes to "I fart", which means "On the move".
Tourists have difficulty finding a nice WC, because the signs often say "Bad toilet", meaning "Bathroom and toilet".
In lobbies with multiple elevators, one sign may say, "Gods elevator", which means "Freight elevator".
@randahl your post only illustrates how limmited your thinking becomes when you can only read, write and speak one language.
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Examples that Danish is the most confusing language for English speakers:
In Denmark, when washing machines are done, their displays write, "Slut!", which means "Finished".
When someone enters an elevator, the display changes to "I fart", which means "On the move".
Tourists have difficulty finding a nice WC, because the signs often say "Bad toilet", meaning "Bathroom and toilet".
In lobbies with multiple elevators, one sign may say, "Gods elevator", which means "Freight elevator".
@randahl Thank you for sharing that. I hope that while some may see confusion, I hope that others see small differences that brings people together to learn more about each other.
(The elevator one may be more accurate - in my experience the freight elevator is often the one that works and is likely to be more spacious.)
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Absolutely! But I enjoy applying the knowledge of languages I can speak (or once could) to the problem of understanding languages I don't know.
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