not to be frankfurt on main
for the non-Germans:
Frankfurt am Main and Frankfurt an der Oder are two cities in Germany (both situated along rivers (Main / Oder) but in different Bundesländern)
(it also immediately made me think of that eBay conversation of "in which Frankfurt are YOU?", could not find a screenshot unfortunately, only a tiktok)
"Main" is only a proper noun (i.e. the name of that river) but obviously looks like the English word "main" (sounds different though!), whereas "Oder" is a proper noun AND homonymous with the german word for "or", which we also like to use at the end of questions where English might use "right?" or "isn't it?"














