LouNeko@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-214 days agoDo Germans have a long convoluted word for when somebody asks something and you first say "What?" but then immediately answer their question anyway as if your mouth was quicker than your brain?message-squaremessage-square27linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down11
arrow-up10arrow-down1message-squareDo Germans have a long convoluted word for when somebody asks something and you first say "What?" but then immediately answer their question anyway as if your mouth was quicker than your brain?LouNeko@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-214 days agomessage-square27linkfedilink
minus-squareFishFace@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·14 days agoWell the rest of the rules around written English are arbitrary, why would this one be different?! I think I’d write fish bowl separately though.
minus-squareDenjin@feddit.uklinkfedilinkarrow-up0arrow-down1·14 days agoDepends if it’s a fish bowl (a bowl for a fish) or a fishbowl (a big watered down drink you can buy from bad nightclubs)
minus-squareschipelblorp@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up0arrow-down1·13 days agoWhat would you call this?
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Well the rest of the rules around written English are arbitrary, why would this one be different?!
I think I’d write fish bowl separately though.
Depends if it’s a fish bowl (a bowl for a fish) or a fishbowl (a big watered down drink you can buy from bad nightclubs)
What would you call this?
delightful?
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