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submitted 11 months ago by limonade@jlai.lu to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

In French, it is "des ribambelles".

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[-] safesyrup@feddit.org 28 points 11 months ago
[-] Gork@sopuli.xyz 11 points 11 months ago

Of course the Germans have one word for it.

[-] Lumidaub@feddit.org 14 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Scissor cut figures.

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

[-] SeductiveTortoise@piefed.social 6 points 11 months ago

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

[-] Goldholz@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 11 months ago

Exept with government or trains

[-] SeductiveTortoise@piefed.social 1 points 11 months ago

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

[-] Goldholz@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 11 months ago

Criticism? Nah. Complaining

[-] SeductiveTortoise@piefed.social 1 points 11 months ago

True, but it doesn't sound as romantic 💖

[-] Goldholz@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 11 months ago

KRITISIEREN! >:(

Beschweren <3 :3

[-] jenesaisquoi@feddit.org 3 points 11 months ago

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

[-] arschflugkoerper@feddit.org 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Its literally just 3 words chained without using spaces

[-] squirrel@discuss.tchncs.de 8 points 11 months ago

Actually, it's a Scherenschnittfigurenpapiermenschenkette

[-] Treczoks@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

Papiergirlande

[-] Kolanaki@pawb.social 27 points 11 months ago
[-] Beacon@fedia.io 6 points 11 months ago

Hm, not really, paper dolls are something else. Do an image search for that term. I think these are cutouts, or paper men

[-] twice_hatch@midwest.social 24 points 11 months ago

I don't know the English word for it actually

[-] IcedRaktajino@startrek.website 11 points 11 months ago

Paper Dolls in English

[-] Nemo@slrpnk.net 10 points 11 months ago

paper chain

[-] capuccino@lemmy.world 10 points 11 months ago

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

[-] limonade@jlai.lu 3 points 11 months ago

It sounds like french "guirlande" !

[-] slaneesh_is_right@lemmy.org 2 points 11 months ago

Damn, that sounds amazing.

[-] brachypelmide@lemmy.zip 6 points 11 months 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 11 months ago

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

[-] brachypelmide@lemmy.zip 1 points 11 months 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 11 months ago

Paperiukkoketju.

[-] degen@midwest.social 5 points 11 months ago
[-] hungryphrog@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 11 months ago

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

[-] degen@midwest.social 2 points 11 months 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??

[-] limonade@jlai.lu 1 points 11 months ago
[-] degen@midwest.social 2 points 11 months 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

[-] ZoDoneRightNow@kbin.earth 4 points 11 months ago

Paper human chain or paper people chain

[-] sem@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 11 months ago
[-] limonade@jlai.lu 3 points 11 months ago

I don't know. Are you asking me?

[-] sem@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 11 months ago

I'm asking everyone. Idk.

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

So the english "langue de feu" !

[-] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago
[-] MHLoppy@fedia.io 2 points 11 months ago
[-] ZoDoneRightNow@kbin.earth 2 points 11 months ago

Paper human chain or paper people chain

[-] M137@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago
[-] limonade@jlai.lu 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Thanks. That is not the english help I was looking for but I will take it.

[-] iup9@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

In Korean, 인간띠. translates to 'human band'

[-] limonade@jlai.lu 1 points 11 months ago
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