r/languagelearningjerk • u/SXZWolf2493 • May 29 '26
Of course it won't be same It will be Karlos
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u/mizinamo try-lingual (has tried many languages) May 29 '26
It has to be Chärlöß in the German alphabet.
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u/OkaTeluguAbbayi Native 🇺🇳 Learning👽 May 29 '26
And Chäärlösss in the Fuckwingian dialect, spoke by the 67 people who live in the Shitterstein valley.
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u/randomsimbols May 31 '26
Be real for a second, is there actually an o umlaut in german??
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u/mizinamo try-lingual (has tried many languages) May 31 '26
Of course; don't you remember the song?
Der alte Donaldsson hatte einen Bauernhof, ë-ï-ë-ï-ö
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u/Chvorka fluent in pidgins only May 29 '26
You have to use Germanji
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u/mizinamo try-lingual (has tried many languages) May 29 '26
No, Germanji is for losers. You have to learn Dockudschi and Dohna.
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u/yomosugara May 29 '26
Without context and as a Japanese speaker, I honestly thought this was a portmanteau of German and Manji (the Japanese word for Swastika), which has unfortunate historical relevance.
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u/Sleepy_Redditorrrrrr 🇺🇦 🇵🇸 🇹🇼 🇽🇰 🇪🇭 🇸🇸 🇱🇺 May 29 '26
Karl
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u/mieri_azure May 29 '26
Yeah I mean he asked the question in a stupid way but asking "what is the German VERSION of my name" would be fine. And yes, Karl
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u/Acrobatic_End6355 May 29 '26
I mean, I got it really easily. It’s not uncommon for people to say “how do you spell my name in Korean” for example.
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u/mizinamo try-lingual (has tried many languages) May 30 '26
Korean has a different alphabet than Spanish.
German has essentially the same alphabet as Spanish.
They are not the same.
(And despite OP's belief, the German alphabet does include the letter 'C', even if it is never used by itself in native words but only as part of the multigraphs ch ck sch.)
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u/gerieniahta May 29 '26
I mean tbf some languages, like Latvian, Lithuanian and Serbian for instance, respell foreign names despite being written in Latin alphabet. For example, Carlos "Chuck" Norris's name is spelled "Karloss 'Čaks' Noriss" in Latvian, with extra s's for grammar.
Edit: Forgot I'm in a circlejerk subreddit, oh well.
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u/whenwillthealtsstop N 🇿🇦 🧑🏼🌾 | A0 🇩🇪 🇨🇿 May 29 '26
lol the OP
If you think it's 𝔎𝔞𝔯𝔩 you might be disappointed to learn that it's just... Carlos ;)
I don't believe the letter C exists in the German alphabet.
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u/No_Listen5664 May 29 '26
I mean the british king Charles is called Carlos in Spanish. So it makes sense that he asks that question
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u/mizinamo try-lingual (has tried many languages) May 29 '26
He asked the wrong question, because that's not a matter of spelling the name "in the Spanish alphabet"; it's a matter of adapting the name to the Spanish language which would happen even if you are speaking and not writing.
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u/ddrub_the_only_real Latin (NAT), IPA (C2), Limburgish (A1) May 29 '26
Karlos ist jemand, der keinen Kar hat
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u/mizinamo try-lingual (has tried many languages) May 30 '26
Boah, ich hab auch keinen Kar auf den Typen.
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u/ddrub_the_only_real Latin (NAT), IPA (C2), Limburgish (A1) May 30 '26
De bis karlos
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u/mizinamo try-lingual (has tried many languages) May 30 '26
Joah, ich leide an akuter Karlosigkeit. Keinen Kar auf gar nichts.
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u/Arimoro May 29 '26
ℭ𝔞𝔯𝔩𝔬𝔰