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| LanguageSponge Triglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 5766 days ago 1197 posts - 1487 votes  Speaks: English*, German, French Studies: Welsh, Russian, Japanese, Slovenian, Greek, Italian | Message 17 of 18 27 September 2009 at 9:29pm | IP Logged |
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I always mix up "der Zaum" and "der Zaun" in German - the first meaning a horse's bridle and the second meaning a fence - and I had to look up which was which then!
I always have to slow down whenever I am about to say the German word "schwül", meaning sultry, as well, because without an umlaut it means "gay" :] 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Bao Diglot Senior Member Germany tinyurl.com/pe4kqe5 Joined 5766 days ago 2256 posts - 4046 votes Speaks: German*, English Studies: French, Spanish, Japanese, Mandarin | Message 18 of 18 27 September 2009 at 9:58pm | IP Logged |
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Sponge, 'schwül' pronounced with a nasal twang also means gay. Or maybe gay-ish.
And we usually say Zaumzeug to avoid confusion with Zaun. Edited by Bao on 28 September 2009 at 10:52am 1 person has voted this message useful |
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