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  • It highlights how great the English are as a race - far too proud for linguistic accuracy or cultural sensitivity.

    It must be a hugely amplified versiob of how much it grates me when Germans misappropriate English words like "Handy" and "Happy-End" (with additional racist and colonial vibes).

    Sorry.

  • I honestly sniggered when my mate first moved to Trier and we were in a t mobile shop and the sales girl asked if we were looking for a handy.

  • I hate the word "Handy" so much. It's always pronounced "Hendy", too. I say "tragbares Telefon", even if it has three syllables more.

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