• supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz
    75·
    21 天前

    Hey question for europeans as a USian here, what is that thing hitting the bus with the word “Zangenduetsch” on it?

    Is it like a big self driving car on a track or something?

    • Little8Lost@lemmy.worldEnglish
      50·
      21 天前

      its like the hyperloop but without vacuum, better suited for mass transportation, easier to build and maintain, able to transport booth passengers and freight but with the big difference: it actually works

          • supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz
            201·
            18 天前

            Very cool, but my first thought is how do you keep poor people from using it though? I don’t know if I would want something nice like that if somebody poorer than me could also use it.

            edit /s !!

            • Petersson@feddit.org
              12·
              21 天前

              That’s the fun part: We don’t allow people to use them for free and we build beneches on which you can’t lay at the spots where the vehicles stop. So you’re safe when it comes to homeless. How great, isn’t it?

                • Novocirab@feddit.orgEnglish
                  4·
                  21 天前

                  Why are they so foreign to your country, though? Poor people who use them but can’t afford a ticket frequently get jailed.

            • Little8Lost@lemmy.worldEnglish
              7·
              21 天前

              At least before the Deutschlandticket (Germanyticket) that allows travel with “short distance” trains the price still was too steep for very poor people to get monthly or yearly tickets (i am not talking about people with jobs) and they walked/biked (some that still want to save money refuse to buy the Deutschlandticket too). Or the infrastucture in rural areas is bad (especially where the AfD/Nazis are strong)

    • Kornblumenratte@feddit.org
      34·
      21 天前

      It’s a style of writing German used primarily in ich_iel. The name is a word play on tongs (German Zange) and tongue (German Zunge, or, as a synonym to language, Sprache). Zangendeutsch uses as many English words as possible, but translates them in the most ridiculous manner possible. The word Zangendeutsch itself is a nice example: die deutsche Sprache = the German tongue => the German tong = Zangendeutsch. There is a tiny community reverting this principle, using English vocabulary with German phraseology: i_itrl. Check it out to get an idea of the effect.

    • Jolteon@lemmy.zip
      64·
      21 天前

      You do realize that it is an American train, of the type that most Americans have seen dozens of times?

      • supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz
        12·
        21 天前

        puts finger to earpiece and clandestinely relays

        “yes sir, it looks like we have another trained insurgent spreading propaganda”

  • Venus_Ziegenfalle@feddit.orgEnglish
    10·
    21 天前

    That’s gotta be fairly easy to get right once you know what’s going on. It’s basically just deliberately inadequate word for word translations.

    • supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz
      4·
      21 天前

      I have been learning about trains recently and I don’t think it is fair to expect trains to make busses jobs easier

  • peoplebeproblems@midwest.socialEnglish
    41·
    21 天前

    We should like set up a discord where we set specific channels for languages and do the whole integrated learning thing.

    Or maybe I should play Elden Ring in different languages

    Or watch Star Wars in different languages

    • HeartyOfGlass@lemm.eeEnglish
      4·
      21 天前

      “The Simpsons” has been translated into so many languages it’s basically a televised Rosetta Stone.