BarqsHasBite to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish • 2 years agoLanguages without the letter U can't call it a U turn.message-square53fedilinkarrow-up1160
arrow-up1160message-squareLanguages without the letter U can't call it a U turn.BarqsHasBite to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish • 2 years agomessage-square53fedilink
minus-squareJeenalinkfedilink49•2 years agoIn Germany we have the letter U but we call it by the real name “Kehrtwende”
minus-square@jxk@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilink15•2 years agoJust for context, the word Kehrtwende is not used often. Instead, the verb “wenden” is used the sense of “making a U-turn”
minus-square@Archer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink10•2 years agoKnowing the Germans, probably “extra long and bent letter I”
minus-squareTheMooselinkfedilink5•edit-22 years agoWhy is kehrtwende the real name? Doesn’t it basically just mean “turn around”?
minus-squareTheMooselinkfedilink5•2 years ago“U-turn” isn’t more complicated, it’s describing the motion literally: making a U-shaped turn
minus-square@Ddhuud@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink6•2 years agoIt could also be seen as the intersection of 2 sets. But you can’t call it an intersection, the name is taken.
minus-square@breathless_RACEHORSE@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink2•2 years agoNot if you’re coming from the other direction.
minus-square@anakin78z@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink1•2 years agoDoesn’t matter, the driver is always the frame of reference
minus-square@wheeldawg@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglish2•2 years agoIf you want to have to specify lowercase, sure.
minus-squareSokathHisEyesOpenlinkfedilink2•2 years 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”
Is that the real name for the letter U? damn
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”
The fuck did you just call me?
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Why is kehrtwende 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.
Doesn’t matter, the driver is always the frame of reference
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.
We Germans are all about efficiency.