• Prunebutt@feddit.de
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    1 year ago

    So you’ve proven that I don’t speak German now or what? I gotta call my mom to tell her! She’ll never believe this! /s

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      1 year ago

      Nope not at all, I’ve proved your wrong about the idiom and your ego won’t let you admit that simply speaking a language doesn’t make you an expert in it nor does it in fact make you an expert in the idioms thereof.

      Sure, I’d love to speak to your mother, get her on here in sure she’ll be super proud you’re arguing against a dictionary.

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                1 year ago

                When exactly did I claim I knew anything better than the dictionary? When did I disagree with the dictionary?

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                  1 year ago

                  Literally every time you referenced the dictionary, you even got offended that I quoted the dictionary.

                  But sure, if the dictionary is right, how exactly am I wrong.

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                    1 year ago

                    Show me one instance where I disagreed with the dictionary, Mr. “‘Antwort’ means ‘answer’, not ‘response’”.

                    You being a dingus for quoting the dictionary at me to explain an idiom that I’ve known and used for years in a language I’ve spoken on a daily basis since I can remember doesn’t make me disagree with the dictionary.

                    So yeah… When did I disagree with any dictionary? Or rather: any translation/explanation of an idiom?