any language questions will go here

[kaigou]

Questions for DE-fandom

From one of the beta-reviewers, this point/question, about this question:

Schreibst du auch eigene Geschichten/freie Arbeiten?

"...original fiction stories were mostly called "Originale" ... "freie Arbeiten" comes from the original fiction category of fanfiktion.de ... but I'd never call it that. Is it possible to discuss this with the other betas? Three parallel words
might be a bit much? *ponders*"

Any suggestions? What's the most common/best-known way to refer to "original fiction (as in, NOT fanfiction)" versus "fanfiction" -- which admittedly can be highly original, hence the massive confusion THANK YOU ENGLISH LANGUAGE.

Just thought I'd toss it out there. Once the translations are finalized, this post will come down, but until then, feel free to weigh in.

Also, question for other French speakers (in comments).

Comments

[dancing_serpent]

*g* I grew up near Hanover, speaking nothing but High German. It was quite a shock for me when I moved to Hesse.

[billie]

High German is a highly relative thing. Seen as linguistically speaking "high German" refers to the dialects spoken around Swabia, Baden and the Swiss border (Alemannisch) ... but I digress.

It's weird, isn't it. It's just baffling to notice cultural differences where you aren't expecting any, and language is a huge part of that ...

[dancing_serpent]

*g* Maybe I should have decided on "standard German" when I looked for "Hochdeutsch" on Leo, then.

Oh yeah, so true. Also, baffling but fascinating, too.