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In French, it is "des ribambelles".

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[–] M137@lemmy.world 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)
[–] limonade@jlai.lu 1 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

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

[–] safesyrup@feddit.org 28 points 1 week ago (3 children)
[–] Gork@sopuli.xyz 11 points 1 week ago (4 children)

Of course the Germans have one word for it.

[–] Lumidaub@feddit.org 14 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Scissor cut figures.

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

[–] SeductiveTortoise@piefed.social 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

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

[–] Goldholz@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Exept with government or trains

[–] SeductiveTortoise@piefed.social 1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

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

[–] Goldholz@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Criticism? Nah. Complaining

[–] SeductiveTortoise@piefed.social 1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

True, but it doesn't sound as romantic 💖

[–] Goldholz@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

KRITISIEREN! >:(

Beschweren <3 :3

[–] jenesaisquoi@feddit.org 3 points 1 week 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 1 week ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Its literally just 3 words chained without using spaces

[–] squirrel@discuss.tchncs.de 8 points 1 week ago

Actually, it's a Scherenschnittfigurenpapiermenschenkette

[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

Papiergirlande

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 27 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] Beacon@fedia.io 6 points 1 week 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 1 week ago

I don't know the English word for it actually

[–] finitebanjo@piefed.world 18 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] JGrffn@lemmy.world 1 points 5 days ago

This is the right answer

[–] IcedRaktajino@startrek.website 11 points 1 week ago

Paper Dolls in English

[–] capuccino@lemmy.world 10 points 1 week ago (3 children)

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

[–] limonade@jlai.lu 3 points 1 week ago

It sounds like french "guirlande" !

[–] slaneesh_is_right@lemmy.org 2 points 1 week ago

Damn, that sounds amazing.

[–] Nemo@slrpnk.net 10 points 1 week ago

paper chain

[–] brachypelmide@lemmy.zip 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

🇵🇱 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 1 week ago (1 children)

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

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[–] Lorindol@sopuli.xyz 5 points 1 week ago

Paperiukkoketju.

[–] degen@midwest.social 5 points 1 week ago (2 children)
[–] limonade@jlai.lu 1 points 5 days ago (1 children)
[–] degen@midwest.social 2 points 5 days 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

[–] hungryphrog@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

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

[–] degen@midwest.social 2 points 6 days 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??

[–] ZoDoneRightNow@kbin.earth 4 points 1 week ago

Paper human chain or paper people chain

[–] sem@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] limonade@jlai.lu 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I don't know. Are you asking me?

[–] sem@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 1 week ago

I'm asking everyone. Idk.

[–] TootSweet@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] limonade@jlai.lu 4 points 1 week ago (2 children)
[–] TootSweet@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] limonade@jlai.lu 2 points 5 days ago

So the english "langue de feu" !

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago
[–] ZoDoneRightNow@kbin.earth 2 points 1 week ago

Paper human chain or paper people chain

[–] MHLoppy@fedia.io 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] limonade@jlai.lu 1 points 5 days ago (1 children)
[–] MHLoppy@fedia.io 1 points 5 days ago

It's fine, it's mostly just a federated software problem. For people on lemmy they can see the image itself in the UI.

[–] iup9@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

In Korean, 인간띠. translates to 'human band'

[–] limonade@jlai.lu 1 points 5 days ago
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