miss_demeanour@piefed.ca to People Twitter@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · edit-211 days agoThe Concubines Are Scrappingmedia.piefed.caimagemessage-square46linkfedilinkarrow-up17arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up15arrow-down1imageThe Concubines Are Scrappingmedia.piefed.camiss_demeanour@piefed.ca to People Twitter@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · edit-211 days agomessage-square46linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-square𝔄 𝔰𝔢𝔫𝔱𝔦𝔢𝔫𝔱 𝔭𝔦𝔢𝔠𝔢 𝔬𝔣 𝔠𝔥𝔢𝔢𝔰𝔢@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·11 days agoIt’s funny how I can just understand that.
minus-squareSanctimoniousApe@lemmings.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·11 days agoI had to have Google translate, and still don’t. Adding to the confusion was the fact it said it was translating English to English.
minus-square𝔄 𝔰𝔢𝔫𝔱𝔦𝔢𝔫𝔱 𝔭𝔦𝔢𝔠𝔢 𝔬𝔣 𝔠𝔥𝔢𝔢𝔰𝔢@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-210 days agoIt helps that my native language is German and Yiddish reads like someone with a very heavy accent writing everything like they pronounce it.
minus-squareTheAlbatross@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-29 days agoOne of my favorite things is showing Germans Yiddish music with subtitles (usually in Hebrew script) and watching the confusion on their faces as they understand most of what’s going on in what appears to be a language they cannot read.
It’s funny how I can just understand that.
I had to have Google translate, and still don’t. Adding to the confusion was the fact it said it was translating English to English.
It helps that my native language is German and Yiddish reads like someone with a very heavy accent writing everything like they pronounce it.
One of my favorite things is showing Germans Yiddish music with subtitles (usually in Hebrew script) and watching the confusion on their faces as they understand most of what’s going on in what appears to be a language they cannot read.