Easy German lessons ;-)

[Trenchfriend]

Black and white cookie - Wikipedia

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Amerikaner (Gebäck) – Wikipedia

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I liked them in the 90s, when they were still around.

 

[Turnip]

Aye the American has dog biscuits in his pocket haha

Ah, see, glad that it‘s been Hunde- and not „Sonder“kuchen, as you previously wrote.

The term „Sonder“ has a very negative connotation in Germany in relation to „those twelve years“.

 

[Trenchfriend]

No, we don't have Chaffinches in old Germany, we have the B.u.c.h.f.i.n.k.e.n.

 

[Trenchfriend]

But the Goldfinch here is the S.t.i.e.g.l.i.t.z, not the Goldfink, sorry...

I know, German must be often freakin' irritating.

 

[Turnip]

…it changed at least several times during the last century.

Example:

Old spelling: Schiffahrt

New spelling: Schifffahrt

Though:

Old spelling: Sauerstoffflasche

New spelling: Sauerstoffflasche