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Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 months ago

German-speakers of Lemmy, does 'Amerika' normally mean 'the Americas' or 'the USA'?

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German-speakers of Lemmy, does 'Amerika' normally mean 'the Americas' or 'the USA'?

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Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 months ago

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kambusha@sh.itjust.works
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We’re all living in Amerika. Coca cola. Wonder-bra.
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  I read the question and my brain also immediately went to - “Oh, they just listened to Rammstein”.
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https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amerika
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Stupid question is that how they would spell America in Germany “Amerika”?
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  Just wait until you see how Americans spell Deutschland…

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