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Originally Posted by cassidym
I used to live in Germany but had forgotten about 'Dingsbums' which I found to be a handy word. The Aussies version of this is 'thingo' which I like.
And do you know what the single most recognized word in the entire world is? Okay
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"thingo", i like that, we should add it to the list !
Dingsbums comes in particularly handy when you only know about 10 words in german (which is my case). so, for example, if you know how to say "Kannst-Du mir das Schwarzbrot (wein/bier/etc.) geben bitte" you can easily adapt this sentence to anything, by saying "kannst-Du mir das Dingsbums geben bitte" and pointing at the "Dingsbums" in question. really useful.
"okay", it's true, i've never met anyone from any country who didn't know that word.