A pro-Palestine Jewish activist group has had its bank account frozen in Germany for the second time in seven years, after the bank requested a full list of its members’ details in what experts believe is a breach of German law. The group suspects the move was triggered by its involvement in a forthcoming pro-Palestine conference that has attracted intense scorn from the German mainstream.

  • credo@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    Look and see mean roughly the same thing. Overlook and oversee have opposite meanings. Then there is oversight…

    Such a weird language.

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      7 months ago

      It’s Latin, Greek, Germanic, and a whole bunch of other shit just thrown into a pot. Raise to boil, let simmer, and season with regional slang no one fucking understands to your tasting.

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        7 months ago

        The best way I like reminding myself of this is by thinking of the words “noir” and “choir”.

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      7 months ago

      Overlook and oversee can have the same meaning. It depends on the context and the intent of the speaker.