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minus-squarefriek@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 day agoWhat do the Germans and/or French call selfies?
minus-squareCyberEgg@discuss.tchncs.deOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 day agoDon’t know about the French, but in German you can’t go wrong with Selbsties.
minus-squareporous_grey_matter@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up4·edit-214 hours 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-up2·14 hours ago Selbstli That sounds swiss though.
minus-squareEvkob (they/them)@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 day 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 ;)
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.