• Arghblarg
    link
    fedilink
    Deutsch
    arrow-up
    3
    ·
    1 year ago

    Is The The (The band/Matt Johnson) actually called Die Die in Germany?

    • trollercoaster@feddit.de
      link
      fedilink
      Deutsch
      arrow-up
      4
      ·
      1 year ago

      No, but it’s a meme in this community to badly translate everything and anything into German for its comedic effect. The phenomenon is known by the beautiful German compound word “Zangendeutsch”, which translates into “pliers German”, because it manipulates the German language as delicately as only possible with a set of giant pliers.

      • Arghblarg
        link
        fedilink
        Deutsch
        arrow-up
        3
        ·
        1 year ago

        I was sort of hoping there was a The The album auf Deutsch I’d never heard :)