By nullroute - 16/02/2016 11:34 - Switzerland

Today, I found out that while on foreign exchange for over six months now, I have been pronouncing the word for "night" in German wrong. Apparently, this whole time, the way that I have been pronouncing it in German means "naked". This explains a lot. FML
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WCARlover 34

Why would it take 6 months for someone to correct you? I can imagine you saying something like "last naked we went out to dinner" would make a person confused and then realize you meant night and would teach you how to say it correctly way before 6 months went by

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BlackHawkSavior 28

I can just imagine OP asking, "Are we hanging out naked?"

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snappleshack 5

So easy to do, especially with Swiss German speakers. Don't worry-they would have understood what you meant! I made a similar goof with 'sex' and 'sechs' on exchange there, even after 3 years learning it.

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night_roane 11

I just looked up the word for naked... and it looks almost exactly the same as the word for night. Is the difference just in the gutteral ch of nacht? because I was taught that it was basically a k sound.

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LoudTyping 5

You know how people from the UK have a specific way of pronouncing the 'ch' in 'Loch Ness Monster'? That's how You say 'Nacht'.

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LoudTyping 5

I kind of understand why nobody corrected You, especially if Your mother tongue is English. Most Americans/Englishmen/Australians/etc. find the 'ch' in 'Nacht' very hard to pronounce and as long as You pronounce it with a long 'a' instead of a short one, You should be fine and people will know what You mean even if You say 'Gute Naackt'. (I think. Not sure about Swiss accents.) Accents are a very interesting thing, plus they probably didn't want to be smartasses who correct You all the time. They probably thought it was endearing.

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zaidthunder1 27

Are you a lady, OP? That makes a lot of difference.

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epilepticloh 20

Being able to fluently speak German I find this amusing :) so sorry to hear OP,at least now you know

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shinikageWolf 15

"Have a good naked, see you tomorrow" "It's the middle of the naked" "I didn't sleep very well last naked" Maybe they thought you were a nudist when you got home?

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