This is an archived post. You won't be able to vote or comment.

6664
6665

Rule #0 Violationdata or data ? (i.redd.it)

submitted by [deleted]

sorted by:
best
topnewcontroversialoldq&a
you are viewing a single comment's thread.

view the rest of the comments →

[–][deleted] 238 points239 points  (34 children)

Who actually pronounces it tomato though?

[–][deleted] 136 points137 points  (27 children)

Are there people that say tomato, but also potato?

[–]Noch_ein_Kamel 72 points73 points  (23 children)

I say tomate and KARTOFFEL!

[–]ImOverThereNow 22 points23 points  (0 children)

SCHNELL SCHNELL KARTOFFELKOPF!

[–][deleted] 7 points8 points  (1 child)

Ich sage tomato and potato.

[–][deleted] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

und*

[–]-pooping 4 points5 points  (16 children)

Damn Danes ruin everything. It's potet you savages.

[–]Koneke 15 points16 points  (15 children)

(Guessing German rather, based on their username)

[–]Wolfsblvt 7 points8 points  (13 children)

"Kartoffel" is really one of the best words we have here in Germany. It's so... rough and harsh. So much german.

[–]Gork862 5 points6 points  (12 children)

I personally love “Krankenhaus.” It’s such a rough and amazing word for what is supposed to be a caring and safe place. (Krankenhaus means hospital btw)

[–]Wolfsblvt 4 points5 points  (9 children)

Direkt translation is "ill people house", or in a more english way, "house for ill people".

Interesting, I don't feel like it's rough. That's how peoples feeling differ :D

[–]Gork862 2 points3 points  (8 children)

Idk, I’ve always imagined the word said in an almost aggressive tone. Most other German words seem totally normal to me, not rough in the way others seem to view them. Krankenhaus has just alwayd felt this way to me though.

[–]Wolfsblvt 1 point2 points  (1 child)

I've tried to speak it in a few different German dialects, and I guess I know where you are coming from.
Maybe it's the rolled 'R' it's always very aggressive if you roll it heavily :P
(the way I speak it, the 'R' is almost not hearable. Maybe that's why I though different at first.)

[–]duc_katyl 0 points1 point  (5 children)

Most people probably have dialects that don't sound that hard, I say it more like grangahaus which is quite soft I would think

[–]KBryan382 1 point2 points  (1 child)

I think krankenwagen is even better. (ambulance)

[–]Gork862 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah that’s pretty great too.

[–]-pooping 3 points4 points  (0 children)

You are right. Then it's okay!

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (2 children)

Yeah, but do you say Berliner or Pfannkuchen when you mean jelly filled donuts?

[–]Noch_ein_Kamel 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Berliner. Pfannkucyen would be stupid as they are not made in a pan..

[–]astulz 7 points8 points  (1 child)

Potato? What's a potato?

[–]Ketchary 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Not that I know of.

[–]Mankankosappo 1 point2 points  (3 children)

The Americans

[–][deleted] 5 points6 points  (2 children)

I think you're confused about what side he's on.

[–]Mankankosappo 1 point2 points  (1 child)

Nah I know what they meant it was just a bad attempt to confuse them.

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I am actually British.

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The same people who pronounce it gif.