BarqsHasBite@lemmy.ca to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoLanguages without the letter U can't call it a U turn.message-squaremessage-square21fedilinkarrow-up154arrow-down17
arrow-up147arrow-down1message-squareLanguages without the letter U can't call it a U turn.BarqsHasBite@lemmy.ca to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square21fedilink
minus-squareJeena@jemmy.jeena.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up10·1 year agoIn Germany we have the letter U but we call it by the real name “Kehrtwende”
minus-squarejxk@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 year agoJust for context, the word Kehrtwende is not used often. Instead, the verb “wenden” is used the sense of “making a U-turn”
minus-squareThis is fine🔥🐶☕🔥@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 year agoThe fuck did you just call me?
minus-squareBarqsHasBite@lemmy.caOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoWhat does that translate to?
minus-squareJeena@jemmy.jeena.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up11·edit-21 year agokehrt -> return wende -> turn
minus-squareHerr Woland@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoIs that the real name for the letter U? damn
minus-squareTheMoose@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down4·edit-21 year agoWhy is kehrtwende the real name? Doesn’t it basically just mean “turn around”?
minus-squareJeena@jemmy.jeena.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up9·1 year agoYes it does, why make it more complicated?
minus-squareSokathHisEyesOpen@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoI see you’re not very familiar with German culture.
minus-squareTheMoose@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·1 year ago“U-turn” isn’t more complicated, it’s describing the motion literally: making a U-shaped turn
minus-squareGargleBlaster@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 year agoIsn’t it more like a n-shaped turn?
minus-squareDdhuud@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 year agoIt could also be seen as the intersection of 2 sets. But you can’t call it an intersection, the name is taken.
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 -> turn
A 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.