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This here is i_itrl, the only plier-English zone. The contents are like me_irl and ich_iel, but in plier-English. Make you ready on a hit fit. Nothing for weak hearts.

Only plier-English posts, unless a another "Person" in the meme different speaks. For example: First person: "Speak English" Second person: "Speak German" Third person: "Speak plier-English" There must however always a plier-English element contained be.
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Cheese in the real life (infosec.pub)

submitted 5 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] MacedWindow 5 points 5 months ago (3 children)

This is very funny. What is plier english? Google is being unhelpful

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago

Zangendeutsch (literally plier German) is English literally translated into German, preserving English grammar and phrasing. Many of the jokes on ich_iel rely on this. ich_iel itself is Zangendeutsch for me_irl.

This community, i_itrl (I in the real life) is about the reverse, translating German literally into English while preserving German grammar and phrasing, which is therefore referred to as plier English.

The above text was originally written in German by generative AI and has been making the rounds in the German speaking Lemmy community.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago

I would say that plier english is, when english words on german grammar meets. I hope that this clear was.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

Zangendeutsch, literally, plier(tongs) German is a form of meme German in which every instance of English (there are many) is literally translated into German, leading to confusion and amusement. I assume plier English is a similar form of literal translation that arises in comedy.

I’m not familiar with these idioms, but I’m not a native German speaker. This is German sentence structure (verbs at the end in secondary clauses and general ordering of prepositions) though, so maybe it’s from German?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

Yes, it's German. I translated the text underneath this post: https://discuss.tchncs.de/post/17221946