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LanguageSponge
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 Message 17 of 18
27 September 2009 at 9:29pm | IP Logged 
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" :]




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Bao
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 Message 18 of 18
27 September 2009 at 9:58pm | IP Logged 
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

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