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by froh 1453 days ago
Hehe

When our German dot com success company was acquired by a us "enterprise", we got a few 'mericans over. After his first team meeting this young US citizen is dead embarrassed: "they are using the eff word! In meetings! All the time!" To which we suggested: welcome to Germany...

I never got around this language purity cult. You can lie whatever you like, and incite hate and what have you, but "beware your choice of words".