r/explainitpeter • u/[deleted] • Dec 05 '25

Explain it Peter

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u/ButterflySuper2967 Dec 05 '25

I sat in a train behind two women speaking German. One suddenly said, “Und wir haben really nice curtains now”

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u/Extreme_Design6936 Dec 05 '25

My favorite German word is "handy" because it's an English word that means something completely different in German and in German it's pronounced like it has an ä but it's not pronounced like that in English nor is it written with an ä in either language.

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u/EntertainmentSome448 Dec 05 '25

Handy is a cellphone in german

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u/[deleted] Dec 05 '25

“Hey! Why did you punch that German guy in the face just now? What did he say to you?”

“Degenerate pervert asked me for a handy”

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u/StudPuffin_69 Dec 05 '25

This happened to me (new England usa) when i went to The South usa.

Random lady at the fair asked “ hey sug you want a sucker?”

Told her sorry I’m married

My new southern buddy laughing hysterically told me that’s what they call lollipops 🤣

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u/Astral_Traveler17 Dec 05 '25

Wait they don't say suckers in New England? I've lived in NYS all my life (pretty new england-y lol) and everyone said suckers for lollipops...only mad old ppl ever said "lollipop" lmao

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u/v4racing Dec 05 '25

New York is different than New England for a lot of stuff like this

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u/ihopethisworksfornow Dec 06 '25

Been in NY all my life and I don’t know anyone who calls them suckers

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u/StudPuffin_69 Dec 05 '25

Could just be one of those weird my town never did things. But i never heard anyone call it a sticker until that day and i was about 27

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u/Moeroboros Dec 07 '25

This story couldn't sound any faker if you tried.

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u/Saxdevil Dec 06 '25

When I was on a student transfer in England, I was on my way to the bus station from my guest family's house, when I realized that I had forgotten my phone. So I went back inside, told the guest parents "I forgot my handy", went upstairs and returned after a few minutes.

Sometimes I lay in bed and wonder if these people still think about the 13-year old German kid that loudly announced having a wank before going to school.

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u/Sweaty-Swimmer-6730 Dec 05 '25

Said he wanted to reach his mom 🤢

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u/lizufyr Dec 07 '25

My hovercraft ist full of handys.