In Germany we have the letter U but we call it by the real name “Kehrtwende”
Just for context, the word Kehrtwende is not used often. Instead, the verb “wenden” is used the sense of “making a U-turn”
The fuck did you just call me?
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What does that translate to?
kehrt -> return
wende -> turnA re-turn?
re turn turn
Is that the real name for the letter U? damn
Why is kehrtwende the real name? Doesn’t it basically just mean “turn around”?
Yes it does, why make it more complicated?
I see you’re not very familiar with German culture.
“U-turn” isn’t more complicated, it’s describing the motion literally: making a U-shaped turn
Isn’t it more like a n-shaped turn?
It could also be seen as the intersection of 2 sets. But you can’t call it an intersection, the name is taken.
We call it a 180.
As in 180 degrees turn.
We call it something like ‘half circle turn’.
In France we call it a half turn
You should see the the folks in Beijing make a 是-turn.
You don’t need an alphabet to design what may as well be modern day hieroglyphics.
My language doesn’t has U, but we can it U turn anyway, even though we have a similar letter in our own language.
Now that’s odd.