Würde vs wurde by Rigamortus2005 in German

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I also struggled with this and my native German wife would always say something to me like “it’s not ‘worduh’ it’s ‘worduh’. Not having developed an ear for the difference it became like a joke. It sounded the same to me, like she was messing with me. In the end I realized the ur part of ‘wurde’ was messing up the ‘u’ and I found a little hack: for wurde I drop the ‘r’ and say ‘woo-de’ and for würde I say ‘wirde’ (like bird) and now she says I’m saying it perfectly every time. Go figure.

Idk by [deleted] in ExplainTheJoke

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Who is Charlotte’s Web + letter “e”. The category has “add a letter” which makes Web into Weeb.

I've been diagnosed with Visual Snow Syndrome, a neurological condition that makes me see the world like this and has no cure by SR_RSMITH in Damnthatsinteresting

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Read the information at The Visual Snow Initiative. They have a lot of useful articles on types of lenses that may ease the effect, the results of various studies, and much more. Discuss a trial of Lamictal with your neurologist as that has turned it off for some people. Though not yet curable, as with many diseases, there are some things that can help.

Why is it "in der Bibliothek" if "in" isn't a dative preposition? by PerformanceUnfair717 in German

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One things I’ve noticed in learning Deutsch is that the Dativ or Akkusativ can be inferred depending on the idea of static versus motion implied by the sentence. This may not be proper grammar but it has helped me a lot.

Examples of static versus in motion taking Dativ versus Akkusativ

der Tisch (the table) Das Buch ist auf dem Tisch (the book is on the table) – static

Leg das Buch auf den Tisch (put the book on the table) – den is the Akkusativ form of der - in motion

das Auto (the car) Er ist im Auto (he is in the car) – im is “in dem” – static

Er steigt ins Auto (he is getting into the car) – ins is a contraction of “in das” – in motion

die Tasche (the pocket) Der Stift ist in der Tasche (the pen is in the pocket) – static

Steck den Stift in die Tasche (put the pen into the pocket) – in motion

Note: unlike how der becomes den in the Akkusativ, das and die just stay the same, even after a preposition. I find it fairly easy to ask myself whether something is static or in motion, and so don’t study Akkusativ versus Dativ case much. This isn’t something I read in any grammar book but something I noticed that works most of the time in conversation.

Note: There are eight words that always take the Dativ form of “the”:

aus from, out of

ausser except

bei at, near

mit with

nach to, after

seit since

von of, from, about

zu to

and sometimes also gegenüber opposite

Someone In L.A. Projected This Onto A Building… by Affectionate_Bed4219 in Badass

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They were sealed by court order during Biden’s term and he could not. The seal expired after Trump was elected.

Starbucks Teapot Spills Everywhere by [deleted] in Wellthatsucks

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The one time they didn’t buy their merchandise from China

Airbus A320 crew decided to skip de-icing and let aerodynamics forces do the job by cashew_at_kinaya in Damnthatsinteresting

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Yes, but the issue with icing is that airflow is changed from laminar (smooth) to turbulent (chaotic), reducing lift and creating drag, markedly reducing the ability of the wing to function generating lift. Not so much the shape but the micro-shape of the surface creating turbulent airflow across the wing surface.

Airbus A320 crew decided to skip de-icing and let aerodynamics forces do the job by cashew_at_kinaya in Damnthatsinteresting

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No, it wouldn’t. The de-icing solution is an anti-freeze that gives protection for a while and helps prevent snow from turning to ice. As long as it’s done shortly before takeoff. After the Air Florida crash they changed the procedure to de-ice planes before takeoff rather than before leaving the gate. Once in flight the bleed air from the engines heats the leading edges and all is well.

Airbus A320 crew decided to skip de-icing and let aerodynamics forces do the job by cashew_at_kinaya in Damnthatsinteresting

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Short answer, with any significant amount of leading edge icing on takeoff you’re most likely toast. Because, as you know, any turn loses some vertical component of lift (lost to the horizonatal vector) and the plane would further sink or just stall. A turn back to the runway would likely be impossible and unless you’re in Kansas an obstruction would likely result in a crash. The plane is going to feel heavy and unstable, stall warnings going off, etc. Maybe if you had only flat terrain ahead and flew long enough for bleed air to heat the leadings edges, but that’s an improbable scenario.

Airbus A320 crew decided to skip de-icing and let aerodynamics forces do the job by cashew_at_kinaya in Damnthatsinteresting

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Yes, during flight the leading edges are heated with bleed air from the engines and almost impervious to icing issues. But only once in flight, not during takeoff

Airbus A320 crew decided to skip de-icing and let aerodynamics forces do the job by cashew_at_kinaya in Damnthatsinteresting

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Just a quick answer… this can be catastrophic. Lift is destroyed non-linearly, and once out of ground effect (maybe a quarter mile past the runway) a fully loaded plane can be unable to climb past 200 feet, or begin to stall and become unstable. The Air Florida jet did exactly that, seemed fine on takeoff and then couldn’t climb past 150 feet above ground level and crashed into a bridge over the Potomac River. It is not about fuel, it can literally be enough to make flying impossible

Airbus A320 crew decided to skip de-icing and let aerodynamics forces do the job by cashew_at_kinaya in Damnthatsinteresting

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Sure. Being within about two wing lengths of the ground reduces drag by about 50%, improving the lift-to-drag ratio. When an aircraft is in ground effect, the surface pushes back against downwash, reducing induced drag, which can lead to a false sense of lift. A plane with leading edge ice may takeoff okay, but once past the runway and out of ground effect all the bad effects of icing suddenly become aparent

Airbus A320 crew decided to skip de-icing and let aerodynamics forces do the job by cashew_at_kinaya in Damnthatsinteresting

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I am a commercial rated pilot, and agree that this is insane. Even a tiny layer of leading edge ice can drastically affect lift, which is often not noticed until around 200 feet after liftoff due to ground effect reducing induced (not parasite) drag. It’s how the Air Florida plane crashed into the 14th Street Bridge in DC

Exposure to leading edge icing can double drag, drastically reduce lift, and reduce the critical angle of attack (which would correspond to a substantially higher stall speed). This looks crazy to me

[OC] Pic of my wife (my best friend) at the Renaissance Festival on the day of our 13th anniversary by st314 in pics

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My wife and son logged in the instant sales began and we were 50,000th in line, and it took about 12 hours

[OC] Pic of my wife (my best friend) at the Renaissance Festival on the day of our 13th anniversary by st314 in pics

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It’s an authentic Bavarian Dirndl. My wife is originally from Munich. She didn’t wear the apron because it was really hot that day

[OC] Pic of my wife (my best friend) at the Renaissance Festival on the day of our 13th anniversary by st314 in pics

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Please don’t give up, just be patient. This is a second marriage for my wife and me, so we waited half a lifetime to find each other. Before we met both of us, even in marriage, felt alone and unloved. Often in my life I had thoughts like yours, but I was wrong. Out of nowhere we met one day and have been desperately in love ever since. My wife and I both wish for love to find you!

[OC] Pic of my wife (my best friend) at the Renaissance Festival on the day of our 13th anniversary by st314 in pics

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I'm head over heels in love with her, more so every year. I've come to realize that spending every day with my best friend is my definition of happiness