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submitted 9 months ago by SchrodingersPat@lemmy.ml to c/memes@lemmy.ml

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[-] nottheengineer@feddit.de 129 points 9 months ago

ich_iel is the worst place to learn german, the running gag is to translate stuff from english literally while actively ignoring the context.

[-] RobertOwnageJunior@lemmy.world 52 points 9 months ago

Es ist, was es ist.

[-] Sowhatever@discuss.tchncs.de 14 points 9 months ago

Tja.

[-] lugal@sopuli.xyz 43 points 9 months ago

Is that true? My dear mister singing club!

[-] Karyoplasma@discuss.tchncs.de 33 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

My English is so good, that makes me nobody so quickly after!

[-] clifftiger@feddit.de 10 points 9 months ago

Classic english for runaways.

[-] Cyclo@lemmy.ml 7 points 9 months ago

Must you give your mustard to everything?

[-] Nacktmull@lemmy.world 13 points 9 months ago

Ich kann konfirmieren dies.

[-] WarmSoda@lemm.ee 1 points 9 months ago

That honestly sounds like it would be hilarious.
Does it translate well back into English enough to get the joke?

[-] ErKaf@feddit.de 7 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Yes, ich_iel mostly just takes English words and translates them 1:1. Doesn't actually make sense in German, but that's part of the joke. If you translate it back to English 1:1 again you should understand it perfectly.

As a native German speaker I often had to translate ich_iel memes 1:1 to English first to understand them myself. Its basically English but in German.