CyberEgg to memes@lemmy.world · 7 months agoLet's have some diversityimagemessage-square89linkfedilinkarrow-up1589arrow-down136
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minus-squarefriek@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·7 months agoWhat do the Germans and/or French call selfies?
minus-squareCyberEggOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·7 months agoDon’t know about the French, but in German you can’t go wrong with Selbsties.
minus-squareporous_grey_matter@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up4·7 months agoSelbstchen, surely. Which also has the dubious honour of having six consonants in a row. Or Selbstli if you’re fancy?
minus-squareEvkob (they/them)@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up1·7 months 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.