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What are your favorite examples of German words making it into English? (lemmy.world)
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[–] Magnetar@feddit.de 11 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Yeah, I brought the beamer in my body bag.

[–] nodimetotie@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Beamer is a projector, right?

[–] Magnetar@feddit.de 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Yep.

[–] nodimetotie@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

It's interesting, because there is a document class for presentations in LaTeX that is called beamer

[–] muggedTassi@feddit.de 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I'm scared to ask, but what's a body bag in German? I've never heard that one used before.

[–] ErwinLottemann@feddit.de 2 points 10 months ago

it's a Rucksack, but with an english sounding name. 🙄