• glorkon@lemmy.world
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        11 months ago

        No need for capitalization even to fuck with people, wrong emphasis is enough:

        Da steht eine Frau auf der Straße. Ich werde sie umfahren.

        (To my non German speaking friends, this can mean two things depending on how you pronounce “umfahren”: Either “There’s a woman on the street. I will drive around her.” or “There’s a woman on the street. I will run her over.”)

        • lemmydividebyzero@reddthat.com
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          11 months ago

          At least, you pronounciate the umfahrens differently… The longer the “a”, the better for the woman on the street.