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> Some thoughts are too complex for English.

English just adopts all the good German words. Every time I, a native German speaker, have struggled to express something in English it was either because my personal vocabulary was lacking or because of societal differences, never because English is somehow inferior.



And German has adopted all the good English words.

Like Handy (cell phone), Beamer (projector), and body bag (fanny bag).

Oh wait....


I've never heard a fanny pack called a body bag in German. It's a Bauchtasche in my family.


Might have been a regional thing. But I think there was an ad on tv... Didn't live long, was too embarrassing :)

Of course Handy is Schwaebisch: Ai handy kai Schnurr?


Bodybag is more like a messenger bag.




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