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Written by Nick Tune on 2024-08-30 at 18:25

Who decided "answer" was the chosen verb for interacting with doors?

"Can you answer the door?"

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Written by moonglum on 2024-08-30 at 18:35

@nick_tune In German, it is even weirder. We say “an die Tür gehen“ which roughly translates to “going at the door” (not to the door). What will you do at that door then? Nobody knows.

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Written by moonglum on 2024-08-30 at 18:48

@nick_tune As non-native speaker, I always assumed that it is “answering the door” because it is “answering the phone” 🤔 But in a way, both don’t make tons of sense 🤔

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Written by Nick Tune on 2024-08-30 at 18:55

@moonglum true, but doors were invented before phones 😅

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Written by moonglum on 2024-08-30 at 18:56

@nick_tune True 😂😂

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Written by Gottfried Szing on 2024-08-30 at 18:37

@nick_tune Norman, I guess 😁

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