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[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 3 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

The "in one word" bit I believe is a remnant of older speaking styles, but it's always funny. I also really love the abrupt pivots to dunking on Kautsky Lenin makes all the time, lmao

[–] Edie@lemmy.ml 3 points 5 hours ago (1 children)
[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 2 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Ah, gotcha! Makes sense, still funny in English.

[–] Edie@lemmy.ml 2 points 4 hours ago (1 children)
[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 2 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Oh my bad, I'm kinda stupid. Thought it was really a deal where Germans combine a bunch of words to make one word thing

[–] Edie@lemmy.ml 2 points 4 hours ago (1 children)
[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 2 points 4 hours ago

Ah, gotcha! Makes sense, lol