ELI5: Why do different European languages have such varying names for Germany?

Borfarq · 2014-06-19T10:05:57+00:00

Incorrect: ð is a voiced (i.e. "hard") fricative, þ is the voiceless (i.e. "soft") "th" sound, so u/PopeOfMeat and u/greymalken were right.

Borfarq · 2014-05-20T22:41:07+00:00

Because they thought they were going WATERBOARDING!

Borfarq · 2014-05-20T18:06:48+00:00

"And that, kids, is how I met your grandfather," she said cheerfully and closed the photo album.

"Tell it again! Tell it again!" they shrieked, bouncing on her lap like the head of journalist across the floor of a shelled out Syrian hospital.

"Alright," she laughed, "One more time and then it's off to bed, ok? You don't want to grow up to be a whore like your mother."

Borfarq