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Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish • 8 months ago

German-speakers of Lemmy, does 'Amerika' normally mean 'the Americas' or 'the USA'?

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German-speakers of Lemmy, does 'Amerika' normally mean 'the Americas' or 'the USA'?

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Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish • 8 months ago

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The hard “c” sound as you see in America is always a ‘k’ auf deutsch.
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  That makes sense

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