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yetAnotherUser@discuss.tchncs.de 2 days agoRight, über is a word. “uber” is very much not. The points aren’t decoration or a pronunciation guide, they signify a different letter.
It’s like saying that Spanish people call their country Espana.
TrickDacy@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Are you really going to argue this? Those accent marks aren’t in all languages, which is mainly why they removed them. If you want to claim this isn’t the German word then you need to explain where it came from.
yetAnotherUser@discuss.tchncs.de 2 days ago
Removing the accent marks makes it such that the word isn’t German anymore, just German-inspired. It would have to be written “Ueber” instead.
You know, like a Mr. Böing founding the company Boeing.
TrickDacy@lemmy.world 2 days ago
And yet I always knew that it came from german and when I looked up the etymology that was confirmed correct. I honestly have no idea why people want to have a “conversation” like this
yetAnotherUser@discuss.tchncs.de 2 days ago
Inspired, yes. But uber is still not a German word.
Imagine if I founded a company called “Tougt” and claimed this is an English word. Not inspired by, is. Who needs the letter ‘h’ anyways?