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submitted 2 days ago by limonade@jlai.lu to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

In French, it is "des ribambelles".

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[-] twice_hatch@midwest.social 22 points 2 days ago

I don't know the English word for it actually

[-] safesyrup@feddit.org 25 points 2 days ago
[-] squirrel@discuss.tchncs.de 8 points 2 days ago

Actually, it's a Scherenschnittfigurenpapiermenschenkette

[-] Gork@sopuli.xyz 11 points 2 days ago

Of course the Germans have one word for it.

[-] Lumidaub@feddit.org 13 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Scissor cut figures.

It's three words without the space inbetween, for efficiency.

[-] jenesaisquoi@feddit.org 3 points 1 day ago

It's literally scissorcutfigures. In German you can chain nouns together to make up more specific ones. Like Doppelkupplungsgetriebe. It's literally doubleclutchgearbox.

[-] SeductiveTortoise@piefed.social 5 points 2 days ago

We like efficiency. It's part of our mating rituals.

[-] Goldholz 2 points 1 day ago

Exept with government or trains

It's important to leave some things up for criticism. That's also part of the mating display.

[-] Goldholz 1 points 1 day ago

Criticism? Nah. Complaining

True, but it doesn't sound as romantic 💖

[-] Goldholz 1 points 1 day ago

KRITISIEREN! >:(

Beschweren <3 :3

[-] arschflugkoerper@feddit.org 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 7 hours ago)

Its literally just 3 words chained without using spaces

[-] Treczoks@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

Papiergirlande

[-] Nemo@slrpnk.net 10 points 2 days ago

paper chain

[-] brachypelmide@lemmy.zip 5 points 1 day ago

🇵🇱 wycinanki, translates to "cutouts"

If they were to be referenced a bit more directly it would probably be like "papierowe ludziki" = paper people (diminutive)

[-] daggermoon@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

I love your language! Polish is my favorite. I want to learn it but it's so hard.

[-] brachypelmide@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 day ago

Aye, it's tough alright. A single word can have so many differenf forms, some with entirely different meanings, it's insane.

[-] Lorindol@sopuli.xyz 5 points 1 day ago

Paperiukkoketju.

[-] capuccino@lemmy.world 8 points 2 days ago

"Guirnalda", or more specific "guirnalda de hombres de papel".

[-] slaneesh_is_right@lemmy.org 2 points 1 day ago

Damn, that sounds amazing.

[-] limonade@jlai.lu 3 points 2 days ago

It sounds like french "guirlande" !

[-] degen@midwest.social 5 points 2 days ago
[-] limonade@jlai.lu 1 points 11 hours ago
[-] degen@midwest.social 1 points 6 hours ago

They always reminded me of paper snowflakes and I genuinely can't recall ever having a name for them... Maybe "people streamer" is what I would say if I ever had to describe them. Even that phrase feels made up on the spot lol

[-] hungryphrog 2 points 1 day ago

Love the implication that this is, in fact, only one organism and not multiple.

[-] degen@midwest.social 2 points 1 day ago

Was gonna say "not anymore" to keep the joke going, but if you think about it, it's created as one and was never multiple to begin with. Huh, maybe we've needed to human centi-sleeve for the good of human unity all along??

[-] ZoDoneRightNow@kbin.earth 4 points 2 days ago

Paper human chain or paper people chain

[-] TootSweet@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago
[-] limonade@jlai.lu 4 points 2 days ago
[-] TootSweet@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago
[-] limonade@jlai.lu 2 points 11 hours ago

So the english "langue de feu" !

[-] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago
[-] sem 4 points 2 days ago
[-] limonade@jlai.lu 3 points 2 days ago

I don't know. Are you asking me?

[-] sem 3 points 2 days ago

I'm asking everyone. Idk.

[-] ZoDoneRightNow@kbin.earth 2 points 2 days ago

Paper human chain or paper people chain

[-] iup9@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

In Korean, 인간띠. translates to 'human band'

[-] limonade@jlai.lu 1 points 11 hours ago
[-] MHLoppy@fedia.io 2 points 2 days ago
[-] limonade@jlai.lu 1 points 11 hours ago
[-] MHLoppy@fedia.io 1 points 11 hours ago

It's fine, it's mostly just a federated software problem. For people on lemmy they can see the image itself in the UI.

[-] _cryptagion@anarchist.nexus 1 points 2 days ago
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