TRP: Free of political butthurt since 1999.

[The Sicatoka]

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My current favorite German word?

Mine are two, in a Q&A format.

Q: Weltanschuung?
A: Schadenfreude.

[Deutsche Gopher Fan]

My current favorite German word? "Überraschung!"

It just fits the stereotype so perfectly . Things I'd expect to hear immediately following:

"Hände Hoch!"
"Halt! Grenzpolizei!"

As a German speaker uberraschung is also one of my faves. Love the kinder uberraschung chocolates

[The Sicatoka]

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Today actually is my birthday and I think I’m the only one not on there

Happy Birthday!

I can guess your age in just two questions and neither involves a number. (Learned this from a friend.)

- Is either of your grandmothers alive?
- Is your mother alive?

Answer N twice: You are 39.
Answer N once: You are 29 (the living mother/grandmother is 39).
No N answers: You are 24 (unless you choose to be 19).

A female can only have one of those three ages (39, 29, 24). That is all. Period. End of conversation.

That simple understanding of women's ages has served me well.

[Deutsche Gopher Fan]

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Ha, funny. I actually am one of those ages, of course

[The Sicatoka]

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Ha, funny. I actually am one of those ages, of course

No, you're always one of those ages.
You just happen to also be one of those ages.

[FadeToBlack&Gold]

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Here's a random post.

Does anyone else here watch the "ContraPoints" channel on YouTube? Run by a trans-woman who has a PhD (or close to it) in philosophy, and plays all her own characters. Every time she does the "Tabby" character, I immediately think of a certain far-lefty here.

Here's (one of) her critiques of the far left.

[trixR4kids]

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Nobody on this board is on the "far left" lmao.

That said Contrapoints is good and she sometimes comes on as a guest on a show I do watch.

[state of hockey]

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Very bright woman. Usually nails it.

[RaceBoarder]

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Just so y'all know, I already called "dibs" on Mega Millions tomorrow

Just wanted to get that out of the way

[French Rage]

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Just so y'all know, I already called "dibs" on Mega Millions tomorrow

Just wanted to get that out of the way

Hey I won $2 in Friday's drawing!

[RaceBoarder]

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Hey I won $2 in Friday's drawing!

You did better than me.. I still haven't won a **** thing on any "match the numbers" game.... Only scratch-off's.... Hence why I'm due tomorrow

[Twitch Boy]

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I bought one of every combination. I can't lose!

...WHAT DO YOU MEAN 638 DAYS REMAINING?!

[FadeToBlack&Gold]

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TRP seems as good a place as any.

Can any German speakers/learners explain why there are at least four different ways to say "Anyway/Anyhow" in German?

So far, I've got "Irgendwie" and "Sowieso". To me, "Sowieso" makes the most sense, because "Wieso" means "Why?", which is simply a natural extension of saying a pompous English, "Why so?"

In my mind (and I could be wrong - German thinking has often been a bit backwards for me), with "Sowieso", you're sort of answering the "Why?" question, with "Anyway/how...", "In any case...", "Thus...", "So therefore..."

[St. Clown]

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Is Sowieso a single word, or a common phrase made of "So wie so"? I always wrote it that way in high school and was never corrected. Perhaps my Deutsch teacher was lax on that matter, I don't know.

Regardless, in most languages there are multiple ways to say the same thing when it comes to certain common terms/sentiments. Often the differences are either regional or class in origins.

[FadeToBlack&Gold]

Is Sowieso a single word, or a common phrase made of "So wie so"? I always wrote it that way in high school and was never corrected. Perhaps my Deutsch teacher was lax on that matter, I don't know.

Regardless, in most languages there are multiple ways to say the same thing when it comes to certain common terms/sentiments. Often the differences are either regional or class in origins.

The way it's presented to me, it's a single word, but we are talking about Duolingo here.

And ja, I am already familiar with the latter. Like using the verb "kennen" to say you are familiar with a person or place, but "wissen" to say you know how to do something.

Or "Nummer" for fixed numbers like addresses, apartments and hotel rooms, versus "Zahle" for arithmetic.