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minus-squarefriek@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 month agoWhat do the Germans and/or French call selfies?
minus-squareCyberEgg@discuss.tchncs.deOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 month agoDon’t know about the French, but in German you can’t go wrong with Selbsties.
minus-squareporous_grey_matter@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up4·edit-21 month agoSelbstchen, surely. Which also has the dubious honour of having six consonants in a row. Or Selbstli if you’re fancy?
minus-squareCyberEgg@discuss.tchncs.deOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 month ago Selbstli That sounds swiss though.
minus-squareEvkob (they/them)@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 month agoIn French, usually selfies. The Québéc French Language Office (OQLF) proposes “égoportrait” but I’ve only ever seen that used very rarely in more formal written contexts.
What do the Germans and/or French call selfies?
Don’t know about the French, but in German you can’t go wrong with Selbsties.
Selbstchen, surely. Which also has the dubious honour of having six consonants in a row. Or Selbstli if you’re fancy?
That sounds swiss though.
Hence fancy ;)
Nein, einfach nein.
In French, usually selfies. The Québéc French Language Office (OQLF) proposes “égoportrait” but I’ve only ever seen that used very rarely in more formal written contexts.