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German-speakers of Lemmy, does 'Amerika' normally mean 'the Americas' or 'the USA'?

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andrewta@lemmy.world
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Stupid question is that how they would spell America in Germany “Amerika”?

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PonyOfWar@pawb.social
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Yep, that’s how we spell it.

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FrogPrincess@lemmy.mlOP
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Ja

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xmunk@sh.itjust.works
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Just wait until you see how Americans spell Deutschland…

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superkret@feddit.org
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Just wait till you hear how we pronounce “Chicago”.

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xmunk@sh.itjust.works
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Eh, as a Bostonian I’m always much more impressed by how people’s tongues try to leave orbit when they first encounter Worcester.

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yetAnotherUser@discuss.tchncs.de
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It’s obviously pronounced Kicago, just like Chamäleon, Chemie and China :)

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mbirth@lemmy.ml
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Kemie and Kina

I threw up a little…

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unemployedclaquer@sopuli.xyz
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The hard “c” sound as you see in America is always a ‘k’ auf deutsch.

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andrewta@lemmy.world
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That makes sense

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Captain Baka@feddit.org
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Something a person that definitely doesn’t speak german would say. We spell it exactly like this.

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Magister Sieran@discuss.tchncs.de
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…Yes, that’s why they’re asking.

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