BarqsHasBite@lemmy.ca to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoLanguages without the letter U can't call it a U turn.message-squaremessage-square34fedilinkarrow-up1119arrow-down112
arrow-up1107arrow-down1message-squareLanguages without the letter U can't call it a U turn.BarqsHasBite@lemmy.ca to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square34fedilink
minus-squareJeena@jemmy.jeena.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up33arrow-down1·1 year agoIn Germany we have the letter U but we call it by the real name “Kehrtwende”
minus-squarejxk@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up8·1 year agoJust for context, the word Kehrtwende is not used often. Instead, the verb “wenden” is used the sense of “making a U-turn”
minus-squareBarqsHasBite@lemmy.caOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·1 year agoWhat does that translate to?
minus-squareJeena@jemmy.jeena.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up23arrow-down1·edit-21 year agokehrt -> return wende -> turn
minus-squareArcher@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·1 year agoKnowing the Germans, probably “extra long and bent letter I”
minus-squareTheMoose@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down8·edit-21 year agoWhy is kertwende the real name? Doesn’t it basically just mean “turn around”?
minus-squareJeena@jemmy.jeena.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up15arrow-down1·1 year agoYes it does, why make it more complicated?
minus-squareTheMoose@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down2·1 year ago“U-turn” isn’t more complicated, it’s describing the motion literally: making a U-shaped turn
minus-squareGargleBlaster@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up18·1 year agoIsn’t it more like a n-shaped turn?
minus-squareDdhuud@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 year agoIt could also be seen as the intersection of 2 sets. But you can’t call it an intersection, the name is taken.
minus-squarebreathless_RACEHORSE@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoNot if you’re coming from the other direction.
minus-squarewheeldawg@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoIf you want to have to specify lowercase, sure.
minus-squarepoweruser@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoThank you for breaking my brain
minus-squareSokathHisEyesOpen@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·1 year agoI see you’re not very familiar with German culture.
In Germany we have the letter U but we call it by the real name “Kehrtwende”
Just for context, the word Kehrtwende is not used often. Instead, the verb “wenden” is used the sense of “making a U-turn”
What does that translate to?
kehrt -> return
wende -> turn
A re-turn?
re turn turn
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Knowing the Germans, probably “extra long and bent letter I”
Why is kertwende the real name? Doesn’t it basically just mean “turn around”?
Yes it does, why make it more complicated?
“U-turn” isn’t more complicated, it’s describing the motion literally: making a U-shaped turn
Isn’t it more like a n-shaped turn?
It could also be seen as the intersection of 2 sets. But you can’t call it an intersection, the name is taken.
∩-turn
Not if you’re coming from the other direction.
If you want to have to specify lowercase, sure.
Thank you for breaking my brain
I see you’re not very familiar with German culture.