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Scarronline@lemmy.world to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.world · 2年前

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Scarronline@lemmy.world to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.world · 2年前
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  • Nachteule@lemmy.world
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    I’m from Germany, so no native English speaker. Why does it still sound wrong in my ears? Is it the way we have to open the mouth to make those sounds, and it feels unnatural in a different order?

    • SanndyTheManndy@lemmy.world
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      English is basically bastardized German, so that’s probably it

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      Or maybe it’s a Germanic language thing, Zick Zack, you know.

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      Schwip Schwap. In fact, ablaut is a German word: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indo-European_ablaut

      It’s common to all Indo-European languages to some degree

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      Another reason might be, that you consumed so much English media, that you got used to the correct order?

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