SwordInStone@lemmy.world to Programmer Humor@lemmy.ml · 7 months agoMy favourite type of self-carelemmy.worldimagemessage-square75fedilinkarrow-up1681arrow-down121
arrow-up1660arrow-down1imageMy favourite type of self-carelemmy.worldSwordInStone@lemmy.world to Programmer Humor@lemmy.ml · 7 months agomessage-square75fedilink
minus-squaredeltapi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·7 months agoIt absolutely gets used in English speaking companies. I’ve got one in my work calendar as a reoccurring event.
minus-squaremarkstos@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·7 months agoI’ve lived in the US for about half a century and have never heard this.
minus-squareKazumara@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up3·7 months agoJust to be sure, who created the invite? A German native speaker by chance? The first page of results when I deliberately google in English “what is a Jour Fixe” are the following: Blog entry in English written by someone from a Liechtensteiner Organisation Blog entry in English written about the German usage of the Term English Wiktionary entry German Wikipedia article Blog entry in English written by someone from a German Organisation Translation website treating it as a German term Blog entry in English written by someone from Austria Translation website treating it as a German term Blog entry in German Blog entry in German Some of that may be personalized to me as a Swiss user of course. But it seems a bit much to be a coincidence. Maybe it is a loan word making its way from German into English now.
minus-squaredeltapi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·7 months agoI speak a little bit of German, but no, the guy who created the series is a native English speaker with Afrikaans as his second language.
It absolutely gets used in English speaking companies. I’ve got one in my work calendar as a reoccurring event.
I’ve lived in the US for about half a century and have never heard this.
Just to be sure, who created the invite? A German native speaker by chance?
The first page of results when I deliberately google in English “what is a Jour Fixe” are the following:
Some of that may be personalized to me as a Swiss user of course. But it seems a bit much to be a coincidence. Maybe it is a loan word making its way from German into English now.
I speak a little bit of German, but no, the guy who created the series is a native English speaker with Afrikaans as his second language.