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		tannhaeuser on Dec 28, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: From inboxing to thought showers: how business bul... It probably is, but there are pseudo-English idioms in use that just hurt. For example, "public viewing" is used in German for featuring sports events on large screens in the public, "handy" is used for mobiles, etc. See https://german.stackexchange.com/questions/40586/why-do-germ... for a discussion about this phenomenon.

posterboy on Dec 28, 2017 [–]

He, I think we just find it super cold like but not quite (ie cool) to copy from our thought leaders.

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