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@erk709@social.linux.pizza
2025-05-03 01:06:15

Mixing up the two Swedish words "Godkänna" and "Gödkanna" in a project may seem like an innocent mistake, especially if you only speak English. However, they mean very different things... Read more to learn what.
#humor #language

Fear the umlaut
Many years ago, I was working in a project with two programmers from London. These guys, being monolingual, were of the firm conviction that your verbal proficiency indicated competence, intelligen…

@erk709@social.linux.pizza
2025-05-03 01:06:15

Mixing up the two Swedish words "Godkänna" and "Gödkanna" in a project may seem like an innocent mistake, especially if you only speak English. However, they mean very different things... Read more to learn what.
#humor #language

Fear the umlaut
Many years ago, I was working in a project with two programmers from London. These guys, being monolingual, were of the firm conviction that your verbal proficiency indicated competence, intelligen…