Topic: Shitstorm in Germany
+Anonymous A — 13.2 years ago #24,214
English rude word enters German languageGermany's standard dictionary has included a vulgar English term, used by Chancellor Angela Merkel among others, as an acceptable German word.
Duden, the equivalent of the Oxford English Dictionary in the UK, said it was reflecting the common use of the word "shitstorm" among Germans.
The word, which is used in German to denote a public outcry, seems to have caught on during the eurozone crisis.
German language experts voted it "Anglicism of the year" in 2012.
One of them, Michael Mann, explained in a report by the Local newspaper, that the English word conveyed a "new kind of protest... clearly different in kind and degree from what could be expected in the past in response to a statement or action".
In the past there have been controversies over German usage of words like "download", "job-hopping" or "eye-catcher", the BBC's Steve Evans reports from Berlin.
The new word has crept into the language, imported by people who heard its use primarily in American English, he says.
It is used by the highest and lowest in the land and when Chancellor Merkel used it at a public meeting, nobody batted an eyelid, our correspondent adds.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-23142660
+Syntax — 13.2 years ago, 6 minutes later[T] [B] #290,445
+Anonymous C — 13.2 years ago, 11 minutes later, 17 minutes after the original post[T] [B] #290,448
+quack — 13.2 years ago, 10 minutes later, 27 minutes after the original post[T] [B] #290,450
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+FuckAlms !vX8K53rFBI — 13.2 years ago, 2 hours later, 2 hours after the original post[T] [B] #290,471
Shit isn't really considered such a bad word in Germany though. I saw this on the newsscreen in a railstation in Germany.+The Doctor !7MHPahvoGY — 13.2 years ago, 27 minutes later, 3 hours after the original post[T] [B] #290,477
·Anonymous A (OP) — 13.2 years ago, 9 hours later, 13 hours after the original post[T] [B] #290,537
·The Doctor !7MHPahvoGY — 13.2 years ago, 3 hours later, 16 hours after the original post[T] [B] #290,550
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