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The German language broke my website


Did you know that Germans have 18 variations for "speed bump"?

Not to mention that Google Translate’s word was so long that it broke the site, going beyond the screen size: schlafender/liegender Polizist: a joke with Italian origin referring to speed bumps being sleeping or laying-down policemen. Munich stopped building them twenty years ago because they were a danger to cyclists and rescue vehicles ( according to Reddit).

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