@VintageProject@oldbytes.space
2026-09-29 06:56 UTC
@azonenberg@ioc.exchange Yeah, it sometimes is the same thing the Chinese have, at least in Germany.
We use English-sounding phrases to get an edge in marketing or just to sound fancy.
I always cringe when there is a football thing, and they offer "Public Viewing" instead of good old public watching.
The funnier ones are when we call a projector a "Beamer" or use a "Handy" instead of a mobile phone.
I wouldn't be too surprised if a hiking ship opened here, named "The Trench Foot".
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