• Ephera
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    7711 months ago

    Oh damn, in German, “Vati” is an affectionate form like “daddy”, except it’s the word stem of “father” (“Vater”).

    And wouldn’t you know it, Christians also use “Vater” to refer to priests, the pope and their god.

    • Øπ3ŕ
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      1611 months ago

      Yes, the US largely figured that out with The Empire Strikes Back. 😜

      • madjo
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        411 months ago

        Except they were kinda wrong. “Vader” is father in Dutch, not German.

        • Øπ3ŕ
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          211 months ago

          Dialectic morphology’s a tchüß, oder?

          • madjo
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            111 months ago

            I’m sorry, I don’t know what that means