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Me: "German is complicated."
English: "Hold my beer!"

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[–] spankmonkey@lemmy.world 15 points 1 week ago (4 children)

Two different things!

Draught is another spelling of draft, and is used to refer to the dept of the vessel under the waterline.

Drought is an extended period without sufficient rainfall.

[–] SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml 8 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Dont forget draft as in movement of air and draught beers

[–] anomnom@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Then theres also draft and drafty if, but then there’s drafters (drawers, but not drawers and definitely not draws (for the southern folks here)).

[–] SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 week ago

Oh yeah save drafted into the military

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