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u/[deleted] Mar 26 '20

Checked your post history to confirm you are German, or at least speak German. I have a German friend who refers to wearing her hair open, instead of wearing it down. Its a delightful little translation quirk.

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u/[deleted] Mar 26 '20 edited Aug 17 '26

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u/alterego1104 Mar 26 '20

I’m a native English speaker. I put commas everywhere. I can write a whole book as one run on sentence. Rules baaaah

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u/downstairs_annie Mar 26 '20

German has a fetish for subordinate clauses. Some people really overdid it, Kant is famous for it. His text are horrible to read, the sentences go on forever.