Haaaaaa. C’mon Deutschland, its a funny phrase. We don’t need a lesson in pronunciation.
In Estonian, twelve months is kaksteist kuud Sounds like “cocks taste good”.
We’re all allowed to enjoy the penis humour.
Knowing the German pronunciation makes it not as funny. But seeing “extra dick burgers” at the store still gives me a chuckle.
What gets me is the potatoes that are advertised as extra big…
“Extra dick!”
Behold: Metten’s “Dicke Sauerländer Bockwurst” (Thick Sauerländer Sausage - Sauerländer is an ambiguous term that means to say the sausage is from the “Sauerland” region, but a person from that region would be referred to as a Sauerländer as well)
Oh, this must be so funny when you are monolingual and have no idea how to pronounce German
The Germophiles came en masse to correct the translation. I guess they were “suchen dich”, op.
We’re suckin dick 🫵
And like most German things, they’re saying it in the most terrifying way possible.
Must be a case of this superior sense of humor that we Germans famously do not possess.
“ch” is sometimes pronounced “k” in some languages, but then it’s quite rare
After considering the issue for a while, I think people just really really want to see dicks everywhere
Isn’t it closer to “we are looking for you”?
If you take it literally, yes, but it is usually used in a hiring context.
Thanks. I wasted a year on Duolingo and got very little idioms, just some supposedly common sayings like das is schnee von gestern, oder es kostet nur einen apfel und ein ei.
Honestly, ich_iel has done more for my understanding than Duolingo did, but it is still almost nil.
Careful, Zangendeutsch is a trap for English speakers. Like, not an intentional one, but you have to check the vocab you pick up there.
suchen = to search/look for
and ch doesn’t make a k sound, not even close.
and ch doesn’t make a k sound, not even close.
Go back to school.
Coming back to this thread, because sometimes it actually is pronounced as a k
e.g. Fuchs, Lachs, wachsen
tbf, it usually is not a k, and most importantly it isn’t in this context
Yeah, but only in combination with an s, so it’s chs that’s pronounced as ks.
Why are Americans literally seemingly physically incapable of pronouncing words like “suchen” and “dich” in the proper way? Of course I am biased as a native german speaker, but I swear, those sounds aren’t that complicated to make?
The problem isnt that they are complicated to say but that german and english use different letter and phonic pronounciation. So without any german lessons an english speaker wouldnt be aware of that.
Are you confusing H with K?
are you fun at parties?
Yes. Your point is?
i thought you are being too pedantic is all
Not pedantic, just plain wrong.
This joke only works if you don’t know anything about the German language…
