Why 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 – 140 points – 1 years ago39Post a CommentPreviewYou are viewing a single commentView all commentsShow the parent commentHave Germans given up "Fernseher" in favor of "Television"?No they haven't.No, I don't think anyone here says Television instead of Fernseher.Some say TV but with german pronunciation of the letters (te-faou)
Have Germans given up "Fernseher" in favor of "Television"?No they haven't.No, I don't think anyone here says Television instead of Fernseher.Some 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)
Have Germans given up "Fernseher" in favor of "Television"?
No they haven't.
No, I don't think anyone here says Television instead of Fernseher.
Some say TV but with german pronunciation of the letters (te-faou)