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Peter Gleick Sep 6, 2023

I'm well educated. I've worked on water issues and water-related diseases for decades.
But I cannot, for the life of me, spell diarrhea without looking it up.
Schistosomiasis, dracunculiasis... No problem.

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P K Albers

@petergleick fun fact, it’s actually easier in German.
The medical term is “Diarrhoe”, but nobody calls it that. Colloquial terms are (from more to less common, but more vulgar):
- Durchfall (literally meaning “fall-through”)
- Dünnpfiff (thin-whistle)
- Dünnschiss (thin-shit)
- Flitzekacke (flitting/dashing poop)

#germanwords