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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink4•11 months agoI’ve never heard someone call a thimble that.
minus-squarespacesweedkid27 linkfedilinkEnglish4•edit-211 months agoI think I called it that, because this would be the literal translation of “Fingerhut” (the German word) and I sounded right so I guessed it would be the same in English. (I edited the comment, because I actually made a mistake in the first place)
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink3•11 months agoWell it worked well enough I knew what you were talking about. Make me think of how glove in German is literally hand shoe.
I’ve never heard someone call a thimble that.
I think I called it that, because this would be the literal translation of “Fingerhut” (the German word) and I sounded right so I guessed it would be the same in English.
(I edited the comment, because I actually made a mistake in the first place)
Well it worked well enough I knew what you were talking about. Make me think of how glove in German is literally hand shoe.
Yes indeed