The actual origin is almost as goofy. "'Wisconsin' (originally 'Meskonsing') is the English spelling of a French version of a Miami Indian name for a river"
I hear a lot of Germans say this but I do hear a difference between the English V and the German W. They don't sound exactly alike. Sounds more like a [ส] sound in German which is a bit more in between.
I was looking for "congress", and while that is currently controlled by Republicans, there's been some Democrat congresspersons that have worked that side of the ratchet in the past.
But, did you know: You can make so that the meme has a spacing at the bottom, so the "imgflip.com" goes into the bottom spacing, then you just crop out the entire bottom space along with the "imgflip.com" watermark lol
I'll never understand why (mostly older) Germans keep replacing unvoiced English th with unvoiced s, when f is right there.
Logically it's because voiced th is replaced with voiced s (aka English z) in a German accent, but that actually makes some sense phonetically. Still strange how historical German speakers pretty consistently replaced the archaic voiced th with d in later forms of German while modern Germans completely ignore that when it comes to English, though.
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Sunschein@piefed.social · 61 pts · 310d
I lol'd
The actual origin is almost as goofy. "'Wisconsin' (originally 'Meskonsing') is the English spelling of a French version of a Miami Indian name for a river"
edgemaster72@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 310d
It always comes back to rivers
balderdash9@lemmy.zip · 17 pts · 310d
But the German W sounds like a V. Wein, Wissenschaftler, Weiร, all start with a V sound.
ChairmanMeow@programming.dev · 2 pts · 310d
I hear a lot of Germans say this but I do hear a difference between the English V and the German W. They don't sound exactly alike. Sounds more like a [ส] sound in German which is a bit more in between.
bss03@infosec.pub · 12 pts · 310d
A "pro" is the opposite of a "con", so what's the opposite of progress?
_stranger_@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 310d
Republicans.
bss03@infosec.pub · 2 pts · 310d
I was looking for "congress", and while that is currently controlled by Republicans, there's been some Democrat congresspersons that have worked that side of the ratchet in the past.
_stranger_@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 310d
Republicans drive the Overton window Ratchet or not, there wouldn't be rightward movement if they didn't exist.
Fleur_@aussie.zone · 10 pts · 310d
It's called Wisconsin because when the, the she on the on my con sin
Zkuld@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 310d
Aneurismpost it this when see the read the with con sin
s@piefed.world · 6 pts · 310d
โSinโ means without in Spanish, but โsynโ is derived from with in Greek
titanicx@lemmy.zip · 5 pts · 310d
Withwithwithwith
DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works · 6 pts · 309d
Unrelated to meme:
But, did you know: You can make so that the meme has a spacing at the bottom, so the "imgflip.com" goes into the bottom spacing, then you just crop out the entire bottom space along with the "imgflip.com" watermark lol
TypFaffke@feddit.org · 1 pts · 309d
I didn't, but will do that next time! Thanks
kingblaaak@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 310d
Where are the Wisconsin 6s at
rumschlumpel@feddit.org · 1 pts · 310d
I'll never understand why (mostly older) Germans keep replacing unvoiced English th with unvoiced s, when f is right there.
Logically it's because voiced th is replaced with voiced s (aka English z) in a German accent, but that actually makes some sense phonetically. Still strange how historical German speakers pretty consistently replaced the archaic voiced th with d in later forms of German while modern Germans completely ignore that when it comes to English, though.