Stamets@startrek.website to memes@lemmy.world · 1 year agoWhy? WHY?startrek.websiteimagemessage-square88fedilinkarrow-up1550arrow-down127
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minus-squareDosDude👾@retrolemmy.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up22arrow-down1·edit-21 year agoWait until you see that “see” is lake, and “meer” is sea. It gets me every time as a Dutchman. In Dutch “zee” is sea and “meer” is lake.
minus-squareiamkindasomeone@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down1·edit-21 year agoNot always true. Baltic sea is “Ostsee” (East Sea) and North Sea is “Nordsee”. Deap sea is “Hohe See” etc. Mediterranean is “Mittelmeer” though…
minus-squareBigmouse@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up19·1 year agoThe difference being der See means the lake and die See means the sea
minus-squareiamkindasomeone@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-21 year agoYeah, but this distinction wasn’t given in the original comment.
Wait until you see that “see” is lake, and “meer” is sea. It gets me every time as a Dutchman. In Dutch “zee” is sea and “meer” is lake.
Not always true. Baltic sea is “Ostsee” (East Sea) and North Sea is “Nordsee”. Deap sea is “Hohe See” etc. Mediterranean is “Mittelmeer” though…
The difference being der See means the lake and die See means the sea
Obviously though
Yeah, but this distinction wasn’t given in the original comment.
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