English Translation
I don’t know why I’m here.
Cloze sentences seem to prefer “wieso” to “warum” pretty consistently. Is this a regional preference perhaps?
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Not that I know of? To me they’re absolutely interchangeable. So coincidence perhaps?
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English Translation
I don’t know why I’m here.
That’s interesting, I have noticed it as well. Based on my exposure to German “wieso” seems to be much more common than “warum” and not just on Clozemaster. To be fair though, I haven’t had that much exposure to German yet 
But still… This is something I have been paying attention to and so far, it’s not even close. I’d say 90% wieso -10% warum.
Maybe it’s regional? Generational? Educational?
I agree with @pitti42. Both words are used synonymously/interchangeably. I’m not aware of a difference.
They’re roughly equally common. If one is more common on Clozemaster than the other, I’d say it’s coincidence or a bias that many of the „Why“ sentences where created by the same person (with a personal preference).
Another alternative: „weshalb“
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