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The Vatican unveils official anime girl mascot (nichegamer.com)

submitted 3 weeks ago by [email protected] to c/nottheonion

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[–] [email protected] 205 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Missed the chance to call her Vati-chan.

[–] [email protected] 77 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Dialectic morphology's a tchüß, oder?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago

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