ToastbrotmannHow are there so many of them
kat_angstromI still don’t know what ich_iel is and at this point I’m too afraid to ask
VitteliusIt’s the German version of me_irl. Stands for “Ich _ im echten Leben” and is a direct translation of the English
Omg I was reading it as “ich lel” not “ich iel” this whole time 😅 thanks
Miles O'BrienI’ve internally been saying “eesh eel”
… which now seems like calling it "me earl’
It is pretty close on the pronunciation, except ch is not sh
I’ve only ever met a few native Germans in person, and understand just enough to get to the bathroom, so I don’t know if I just misheard, or they’re one of the few people who do say it that way.
I’ll take any native German’s word on their own language though! Lol or even anyone who’s studied.
I’m a German native who studied linguistics (ok, computational linguistics with a minor in phonology), but I basically only speak my regional dialect well. I was visiting a friend in Berlin once and a stranger in a bar complimented me that I “speak good German for a foreigner”.
Hey that sounds like studying linguistics to me! ^Pun^ ^mildly^ ^intended.^
I regarded it as a potential evidence for my unfounded and highly debateable hypothesis that the dialect we speak in the region is not in fact a dialect, but its own language.