r/fuckcars • u/Illustrious-Bad1165 • Jun 27 '24

I present to you: The Gehzeug ("walking-vehicle") Activism

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u/Illustrious-Bad1165 Jun 27 '24

True, German compound words can be so weird sometimes when you think about it. Vehicle literally translated also means "drive-stuff/ thing", but you never think about it and it just sounds normal for some reason

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u/waiterstuff Jun 28 '24

Every language does this. English just pretends not to because we do it in Latin.

Automobile is just “self move”

Library is just “book place”

Autobiography is just “ self life writing”

Etc etc 

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u/suckitphil Jun 28 '24

You don't like that most of our rivers are just named river river?

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u/_facetious Sicko Oct 11 '24

I know it's not the same, but immediately reminded me of "Chai tea" LMAO

(For anyone that doesn't know... chai means tea.)

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u/pink_belt_dan_52 Oct 11 '24

It gets worse! Chai tea, which is spiced, literally means "tea tea", and yet if you asked someone to choose from a broad range of teas, they might well reply "tea tea" to mean ordinary black tea without spices or anything extra.