In French it is ''ot dog'. I once tried to order 'hot dog' in Paris in French. The waiter apparently had no clue what a 'hot dog végétarien' was, until my partner took over and ordered an ''ot dog végétarien' and they instantly understood the only English word on the menu...
Hilarious but true. Most French people don't speak any English at work. The only ones who speak English regularly are the workers (like developers) who talk to foreign workers or customers, and even in that case they still speak butchered English (like Indians who would speak English with a strong Indian accent).
They also understand maybe half of what Americans are saying (lack of understanding and vocabulary), and a tenth of what a guy from London could say.
"I want to buy a hot dog please" would be "I want twooo bye a otdog pliz" for example. I could teach you, it's a very specific skill to combine two languages.
You are right, but its not like we use the word that much anymore. With quick look i did not find any restaurant near me selling nakkisämpylä. Only hot dogs or one grill with hodari.
Same with the stores. Only hot dogs and hot dog sämpylä.
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baguette@piefed.social · 11 pts · 112d
In French it is ''ot dog'. I once tried to order 'hot dog' in Paris in French. The waiter apparently had no clue what a 'hot dog végétarien' was, until my partner took over and ordered an ''ot dog végétarien' and they instantly understood the only English word on the menu...
Telodzrum@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 112d
one_old_coder@piefed.social · 3 pts · 112d
Hilarious but true. Most French people don't speak any English at work. The only ones who speak English regularly are the workers (like developers) who talk to foreign workers or customers, and even in that case they still speak butchered English (like Indians who would speak English with a strong Indian accent).
They also understand maybe half of what Americans are saying (lack of understanding and vocabulary), and a tenth of what a guy from London could say.
"I want to buy a hot dog please" would be "I want twooo bye a otdog pliz" for example. I could teach you, it's a very specific skill to combine two languages.
dotslashme@infosec.pub · 6 pts · 112d
It's "korv med bröd" in Swedish.
HuudaHarkiten@piefed.social · 4 pts · 112d
Its nakkisämpylä in Finnish.
MrFinnbean@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 112d
You are right, but its not like we use the word that much anymore. With quick look i did not find any restaurant near me selling nakkisämpylä. Only hot dogs or one grill with hodari.
Same with the stores. Only hot dogs and hot dog sämpylä.
HuudaHarkiten@piefed.social · 2 pts · 112d
Yeah but if I'd take that sort of thing into account, I couldn't do the "ackhually" thing
MrFinnbean@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 112d
Thats fair.
Ill revoke my argument.
squirrel@cake.kobel.fyi · 4 pts · 112d
It's "Heißhund" in Zangendeutsch according to !ich_iel@feddit.org
EngineX@lemmy.zip · 4 pts · 112d
Lecker Heißhund
username968142@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 112d
In Portuguese is "Cachorro quente" 🤷🏻♂️
Vinylraupe@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 112d
We should call it a Freedom Dog now to boycott the USians.