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[–] Death_Equity@lemmy.world 75 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (13 children)

Clearly they are Jewish and their ancestors were part of The Madagascar Plan, where Nazi Germany was forced resettling Jewish people in Madagascar.

They have largely been isolated and weren't able to keep apprised of what happened after their family was resettled. Germany had been really pushing to establish a military base in Antarctica for decades, so the penguins had the understanding that Germany must be well established there by the time they got there.

So that is why Penguins from Madagascar would believe that people in Antarctica would be speaking German.

[–] BearOfaTime@lemm.ee 21 points 1 week ago (9 children)

Lol, have my upvote for a great backstory!

Also, I think the word you want is "apprised", which means "to inform", while "appraised" means "to evaluate".

Lots of homonyms in English, another pair is "weary/wary". Weary means fatigued, wary means cautious.

[–] Death_Equity@lemmy.world 18 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Fixed. Sorry, English is my first language but my autocorrect is aggressive.

Also "appraised" and "apprised" are not homonyms, unless you pronounce them wrong.

[–] Feathercrown@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

Same with weary/wary

[–] SturgiesYrFase@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 week ago

This is why I call it autoassume. I call it that so often that it's learned to suggest it when I type in aut

[–] thefartographer@lemm.ee 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Also "appraised" and "apprised" are not homonyms, unless you pronounce them wrong.

My Texan ass has entered the chat

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

You speak Texan, not American English. Ya'll get your own way of talkin' and power grid.

Best country in America.

[–] thefartographer@lemm.ee 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Y'all get your own way of talkin'

Yay!

and power grid

Fuck!

[–] Death_Equity@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

Freedom isn't free brother!

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