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[–] nottheengineer@feddit.de 129 points 1 year ago (10 children)

ich_iel is the worst place to learn german, the running gag is to translate stuff from english literally while actively ignoring the context.

[–] lugal@sopuli.xyz 43 points 1 year ago

Is that true? My dear mister singing club!

[–] Karyoplasma@discuss.tchncs.de 33 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

My English is so good, that makes me nobody so quickly after!

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[–] Nacktmull@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago

Ich kann konfirmieren dies.

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[–] fatzgebum@feddit.de 96 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

It's not even easy to understand ich_iel as a native speaker. They use an extreme form of internet slang only understood by a handful of people.

[–] ErKaf@feddit.de 82 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Dies ist ein klarer Fall eines Geschicklichkeitsproblems.

[–] vicviper@lemmy.world 90 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Some skills can be purchased!

[–] ErKaf@feddit.de 28 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Sad that your translator has chosen "problem" instead of "issue".

[–] Klear@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Translation ~~problem~~ issue.

[–] bort@feddit.de 11 points 1 year ago

übersetzungsstreitfrage

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[–] MonkderZweite@feddit.ch 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] ErKaf@feddit.de 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)
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[–] xX_fnord_Xx@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago

Hey buddy, I can clearly lick my chickens whenever I want.

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[–] DaMonsterKnees@lemmy.world 39 points 1 year ago

Always know I've been awake too long when new turns Deutsche. Gotta brush up.

[–] NegativeLookBehind@kbin.social 36 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Jajajajaja

Did I just say “yes” a bunch of times, or was I laughing? No idea.

[–] RobotZap10000@feddit.nl 36 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Agreeing in German, laughing in Spanish, I think.

[–] FQQD@feddit.de 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

sounds about right. no idea why the spanish have a stroke every time they laugh

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[–] Johanno@feddit.de 23 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Ja ja heißt leck mich am Arsch!

[–] shrippen@feddit.de 13 points 1 year ago (2 children)
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[–] PFShady@lemmy.world 28 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I took German in High school… 25+ years ago. Never got fluent and never used it after that. Now I see the memes and find myself picking out words I remember to find the funny.

[–] Dirk@lemmy.ml 26 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] SchrodingersPat@lemmy.ml 28 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[–] Jay@sh.itjust.works 27 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 16 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Yes. There are in fact in excess of seven Americans on Lemmy alone.

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[–] psycho_driver@lemmy.world 25 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Damn Germans and their enigmatic memes

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[–] callyral@pawb.social 23 points 1 year ago (2 children)

ich spreche ein bisschen Deutsch

(pretty sure that says "i speak a bit of german")

[–] Tier1BuildABear@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Can't you read? It clearly says Dutch

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[–] Oha@lemmy.ohaa.xyz 18 points 1 year ago (4 children)
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[–] FQQD@feddit.de 21 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] HerbalGamer@sh.itjust.works 17 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)
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[–] Ravi@feddit.de 14 points 1 year ago

Good that you chose this community, otherwise you'd have a request to change it to ich❌🇩🇪😂iel

[–] far_university1990@feddit.de 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

𝕯𝖎𝖊𝖘𝖊 𝕶𝖔𝖒𝖒𝖊𝖓𝖙𝖆𝖗𝖘𝖊𝖐𝖙𝖎𝖔𝖓 𝖎𝖘𝖙 𝖓𝖚𝖓 𝕰𝖎𝖌𝖊𝖓𝖙𝖚𝖒 𝖉𝖊𝖗 𝕭𝖚𝖓𝖉𝖊𝖘𝖗𝖊𝖕𝖚𝖇𝖑𝖎𝖐 𝕯𝖊𝖚𝖙𝖘𝖈𝖍𝖑𝖆𝖓𝖉

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[–] e0qdk@kbin.social 11 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I've seen those posts too, but can't speak German. What does "ich_iel" actually mean?

[–] Datorie@lemmy.world 29 points 1 year ago (4 children)

It’s “ich im echten Leben”, which is a literal translation of “me in real life”.

Basically it’s a meme community and the german version of me_irl.

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[–] 30p87@feddit.de 13 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

ich = me
iel = im echten leben = in real life

so ich_iel = me_irl

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