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minus-squareStrangeName@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up206·1 year agoMissed the chance to call her Vati-chan.
minus-squareEphera@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up77·1 year agoOh damn, in German, “Vati” is an affectionate form like “daddy”, except it’s the word stem of “father” (“Vater”). And wouldn’t you know it, Christians also use “Vater” to refer to priests, the pope and their god.
minus-squareotter@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·1 year agoYes, the US largely figured that out with The Empire Strikes Back. 😜
minus-squaremadjo@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 year agoExcept they were kinda wrong. “Vader” is father in Dutch, not German.
minus-squareotter@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoDialectic morphology’s a tchüß, oder?
minus-squaremadjo@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoI’m sorry, I don’t know what that means
Missed the chance to call her Vati-chan.
Oh damn, in German, “Vati” is an affectionate form like “daddy”, except it’s the word stem of “father” (“Vater”).
And wouldn’t you know it, Christians also use “Vater” to refer to priests, the pope and their god.
Yes, the US largely figured that out with The Empire Strikes Back. 😜
Except they were kinda wrong. “Vader” is father in Dutch, not German.
Dialectic morphology’s a tchüß, oder?
I’m sorry, I don’t know what that means