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Me: "German is complicated."
English: "Hold my beer!"

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[–] cm0002@lemmy.world 3 points 4 days ago (2 children)
[–] thisisbutaname@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Read and lead rhyme but read and lead don't

[–] Mcdolan@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago

Sure they do, ones a metal, the other is in charge.

[–] DarkCloud@lemmy.world 3 points 4 days ago (1 children)

What are the three different meanings there?...

I know there's: Interpreting symbolism to understand the meaning (to read), and there's the past tense of having done that (having read) - but what's the third meaning of read?

[–] bdonvr@thelemmy.club 2 points 4 days ago

Pfft, get a load of this fella, they don't know about the third 'read'.