I thought this was so odd. I strongly prefer to add my own SA. I have a 5/8" curved ruler that makes it pretty easy. It was a bit of a pain before I got that.
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I was wondering about that one too, I think Google is wrong there! Seamstress should be the correct translation. Coupeuse comes from couper (to cut) in French, maybe it means hairdresser in another language, but certainly not in Dutch.
I had to think twice about choking, but thatās actually a literal translation. In 20 years of sewing it never occured to me that sewing and choking are the same word in Dutch.
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Really? ha ha I wonder how that became soā¦maybe someone was trying to get something sewn and her spouse interrupted so she ended up choking him? ha ha
how very interestingā¦and funny!
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Hahahaha! Well yes, it is weird when you think about it!
I think it is funny that you write sew and you pronounce it like sow 
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I also say a person is a seamstress because when you say they are a sewer, it is the same as the stinky thing! 
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Hahahaha! That is funny too! Never thought about that!
Seamstress sounds better anyway 
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I donāt sew many commercial patterns, but when I do I always just cut out each pattern piece. It doesnāt take me long to cut them out and then I cut the actual fabric with a rotary cutter and use scissors for sharp angles/corners. I have heavy duty metal pattern weights that I use to hold pattern pieces down while I cut so I donāt have to pin. I am lucky that a few years ago I took private pattern making classes with a pattern maker, so I have tons of custom patterns that fit me and pattern blocks. Most of the clothing I make is those patterns, or my own patterns modified from those. I highly recommend dotted marking paper. It works great for pattern drafting.
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Iāve always ironed the pattern paper onto my fabric, so a little bit of static holds it place while I cut the pieces out. Any time Iāve used pins, Iāve ripped the pattern pieces or cut something out wrong. So I cut out the pattern, iron the wrinkles out, then cut the fabric. I use around a 1/4" seam allowance, or the edge of my presser foot, even if the pattern calls for more. I usually have to modify clothing patterns because I have a long torso, and long arms. I had no idea there were so many ways to cut things out!
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We have numerous words that are spelled the same (in English), but either is pronounced differently or when in context, have different meaningsā¦or are spelled differently and pronounced the same. So it shouldnāt be a surprise that other languages have similar situations. And donāt get me started on those tricky contractions (your-youāre, itās-its, etc.) Itās amazing that we can even speak and be understood.
I just started doing voice overs for eLearning courses. Wow, does that make you question your pronunciation! And I seem to sometimes have a slight lisp. Who knew?
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Now that I am back in the South, I am hearing so many different words and accents. Language is indeed different and quite beautiful in all of its nuancesā¦I remember when I first heard myself speaking, that I was also surprised how much of a Southern accent I retained despite working hard to ācorrectā it. I still pronounce certain words incorrectly even when I know how they should be doneā¦habitā¦how cool to take such a course! Is it for fun or for a job?
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Actually, Iām building the eLearning. I am an instructional designerā¦among other things. Iām on contract to a company for a few months and they have no budget for professional voice overs for their internal training courses. I have to put on my āReceptionistā voice (one of my first real jobs in life) or āTeacherā voice. Itās really hard listening to myself all day as I edit the tracks. Luckily, I can repeat and repeat and repeat until I get it right.
Unlike cutting out patterns too small, or shortening the same pants leg twice by mistake.
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Hahaha! LOL! 
What a fun and interesting job Marionberries!
I really wondered about sewing pronouncing so differently, I watched several youtube sewing tutorials if I really heard the o instead of an e. Thanks to google translate, youtube or whatever channel on internet I can look up what I donāt know or understand. Even how to pronounce it. Yay for that!
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Does Burda still do that? If so, I just ruined some fabric. I cut my first Burda pattern the other night and did not know thisā¦
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When they did those couple of BurdaStyle U.S. magazines, those had seam and hem allowances added. The current European editions donāt include allowances, and never have as far as I know. I believe the downloadable PDFs match the magazine versions. I do not know about their envelope patterns.
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