Stamets@startrek.website to memes@lemmy.world · 2 years agoWhy? WHY?startrek.websiteimagemessage-square86linkfedilinkarrow-up1550arrow-down127
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minus-squareDosDude@retrolemmy.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up22arrow-down1·edit-22 years 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-22 years 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-up19·2 years agoThe difference being der See means the lake and die See means the sea
minus-squareiamkindasomeone@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-22 years 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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