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[–] [email protected] 75 points 1 month ago (22 children)

Isn't English the amalgamation of like 5 different languages and if everything were broken down like this, English would sound just as ridiculous?

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 month ago

We can do that with the first sentence and flip it into German, replacing "lighter" with "fireworks". We get:

"Sie dürfen die Feuerarbeiten nicht mit in die Luftebene nehmen."

A lot of German speaking communities online do translate English loanwords into German words, often with the intention to create this funny effect.

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