• Lvxferre@mander.xyz
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    13 天前

    “The hair guy”, “the beard guy”, “the guy who’s crazy about cats and dogs”, perhaps?

    I know that they have one for my cat - Siegfrieda is “a alemãozinha” (the little German girl).

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      12 天前

      To me it would make sense to assume they call her like that because they call you “o alemão” in the first place, are you German or German-speaking or German-looking?

      • Lvxferre@mander.xyz
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        12 天前

        When I adopted her I was learning German, so I got used to speak in the language with her; first to train myself*, then for convenience (I can talk with her and my other cat Kika separately). But then, like: I go to garden, Frieda follows me, when I’m going back I tell her “geh nach Hause” (go back home), neighbour sees and finds it funny, now she’s the little German.

        And then there’s the front neighbour; if I’m gardening and he opens his gate, his two dogs run towards me with the biggest “I want belly rubs!” face.

        *pets are great for language learning - sure, they might not answer you, but they don’t judge your pronunciation and they still pay attention to what you say.

  • RandomStickman@fedia.io
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    12 天前

    Me and my SO often do silly dances in the elevator and we joked that the security call us the “weirdos from that apartment”