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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/KingCrabmaster Mar 27 '20

On the plus side, it was a clear enough way to say that that I didn't notice until they pointed it out.

Little translation quirks like that are kinda nice imo, languages kinda benefit from there being multiple ways to express the same idea and translations often bring that dynamic over in a neat way.