@opalescent@lemmy.zip to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world • 10 months agoWhy words like 'okay' and 'taxi' are universally understood across the world but survival related ones like 'help', 'water', 'food' remained nation specific?message-square40fedilinkarrow-up1148arrow-down18
arrow-up1140arrow-down1message-squareWhy words like 'okay' and 'taxi' are universally understood across the world but survival related ones like 'help', 'water', 'food' remained nation specific?@opalescent@lemmy.zip to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world • 10 months agomessage-square40fedilink
minus-square@Asudox@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink3•10 months agoNo, I don’t think anyone here says Television instead of Fernseher.
minus-squareℍ𝕖𝕝𝕝𝕤𝕥𝕠𝕣𝕞𝕪linkfedilink2•edit-210 months agoSome say TV but with german pronunciation of the letters (te-faou)
No, I don’t think anyone here says Television instead of Fernseher.
Some say TV but with german pronunciation of the letters (te-faou)