• Absolute
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    3 months ago

    Does it annoy anyone else to see Capital referred to in English as Das Kapital ? I don’t know why this bothers me but it has for a very long time

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      3 months ago

      “The Capital” or “Capital” is ambiguous. When you write “Das Kapital” everyone knows what you mean.

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        3 months ago

        I completely agree, never understood why it irks me but it does