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minus-squareidiomaddict@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up10·6 days agoTo fish is angeln, Anglo Saxon is angelsachsen, and German memes get passed through the translation process a little too much
minus-squareDeconceptualist@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·6 days agoI’m still trying to figure this out too. Search engines are no help.
minus-squarePetersson@feddit.orgOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·6 days agoAnglo Saxon => Angelsachsen => Ageln (to fish) + Sachsen (Saxons) => Fishersaxons
minus-squareDeconceptualist@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·6 days agoOkay, that’s pretty funny. Doesn’t German have the verb “fischen”? At least in English, angling is a specific type of fishing with a hook and line (as opposed to e.g. spears or nets).
minus-squarePetersson@feddit.orgOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·6 days agoJup, fischen is hunting for fish in general and angeln is fishing with a fishing rod.
What are fishersaxons?
To fish is angeln, Anglo Saxon is angelsachsen, and German memes get passed through the translation process a little too much
I’m still trying to figure this out too. Search engines are no help.
Anglo Saxon => Angelsachsen => Ageln (to fish) + Sachsen (Saxons) => Fishersaxons
Okay, that’s pretty funny. Doesn’t German have the verb “fischen”? At least in English, angling is a specific type of fishing with a hook and line (as opposed to e.g. spears or nets).
Jup, fischen is hunting for fish in general and angeln is fishing with a fishing rod.