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		oemera on Nov 8, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: BankSimple invites first customers; rebrands itsel... Can I who told you that? I'm German and I have never heard that "Simpel" as the German noun is associated with idiot or idiotic thinks. Simpel just means simple. Maybe it is not seen like the simpleness which American people try to express with the word but either it just means simple. I love to have more simpleness in Germany. Please do consider to expand to Germany or Europe!

repsilat on Nov 8, 2011 | [–]

"Simple" in English can have that connotation - a simpleton is someone who is simple, after all.

kleiba on Nov 10, 2011 | [–]

Here's a thread from a German discussion forum about the particular meaning of "Simpel".

http://www.gutefrage.net/frage/du-simpel

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