opalescent@lemmy.zip to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 1 year agoWhy words like 'okay' and 'taxi' are universally understood across the world but survival related ones like 'help', 'water', 'food' remained nation specific?message-squaremessage-square39fedilinkarrow-up1139arrow-down17
arrow-up1132arrow-down1message-squareWhy 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 · 1 year agomessage-square39fedilink
minus-squareAsudox@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoNo, I don’t think anyone here says Television instead of Fernseher.
minus-squareℍ𝕖𝕝𝕝𝕤𝕥𝕠𝕣𝕞𝕪@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-21 year agoSome 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)