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Abandoned Bookshelf (reddthat.com)
submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Those aren't books though.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 11 months ago

It's definitely still a bookshelf, though.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago (2 children)

[–] [email protected] 12 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Nah, I agree: Those are not books. Those are folders.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 11 months ago (4 children)

@Norgur But would you agree those are bookshelves the folders are sitting in?

@111000 @db2 @chemical_cutthroat

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago

I'd still call them bookshelves, but in this instance I'd also specify "binders on bookshelves".

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

In German, this would not be a bookshelf. It'd be a document shelf or a folder shelf, so I can't say I agree with "bookshelf"... dangit, English! You are one of if not the germanic language with the most words and you are always lacking!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I'm sorry, but wtf are you talking about? Du kannst mir nicht ernsthaft sagen, dass du das "Ordnerregal" nennen würdest, oder?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Aktenregal, but "Akten" doesn't work as a literal translation, so I paraphrased.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Filing shelf gibts, wobei sich die anglophone Welt da wahrscheinlich was mit Registerkarten zum von oben rausheben vorstellt (sowas was in Arztpraxen steht). Wenn du das wirklich Aktenregal nennen würdest, okay go ahead, ich will hier auf keinen Fall linguistische Vielfalt zensieren, aber ich glaube die große Mehrheit an deutschsprachigen Personen würde hier einfach "Regal" benutzen, vorallem wenn man ein Bild postet, mit dem der Kontext zu 100% klar ist.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

Geht mehr drum, unter welchem Namen du im Möbelhaus sicher diese Sorte Regal findest. Das wäre "Aktenregal". Dass wir im Deutschen in der alltäglichen Sprache überhaupt nicht unterscheiden zwischen Bücherregal und anderweitigem Regal, ist nochmal was anderes.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

They’re not even folders, they’re binders

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

@ThirdWorldOrder Yep - good point, they are indeed binders.

@111000 @db2 @chemical_cutthroat @Norgur

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

I'm replying to my own comment because why not. Maybe they should be called foldershelves...

I'm also bumping myself because gosh darn it, I need a little slap in the back even if it's from myself.

@111000 @db2 @chemical_cutthroat @Norgur

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

We all need a little slap in the back sometimes

[–] [email protected] 9 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

While they might technically fit the loose definition, these are two ring file folders. They are definitely on a bookshelf though, so don’t why anyone would take offense to that.