When false friends become real…
I just noticed that the programme of the DPG Spring Meeting, which is written in English, explicitly explains that a projector is also a “beamer”. For an explanation of why this is remarkable, see this previous post.
beamer vs. projector
[left image by Gerhard Gellinger from Pixabay, right Image by PublicDomainPictures from Pixabay]
English words that are frequently used in the German language can easily become false friends when used with the same meaning in English. A classic example is Handy, the widely used term for mobile phone (or cell phone), which will certainly confuse native speakers a lot. While very few advanced speakers make the mistake of