Herr Merkel to address UK Parliament.
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WTF is basisch?
Erudite_Eric wrote:
WTF is basdisch
FTFY It's the dialect many mix up with Swabian, but as Baden-Württemberg is a mix of 2 different provinces, the Badisch part (i don't know if there is a english word for that) and the swabian part (Württemberg). And both dialects are completely different for those who speak it. But i see this is to deep into German neighbour rivalries. :-\
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Dalek Dave wrote:
having lived there for several years.
Wo hast Du gelebt ? Hamburg ? Dort gearbeitet ?
~RaGE();
I think words like 'destiny' are a way of trying to find order where none exists. - Christian Graus Do not feed the troll ! - Common proverb
Aplerbeck in Dortmund
--------------------------------- Obscurum per obscurius. Ad astra per alas porci. Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum videtur.
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Erudite_Eric wrote:
WTF is basdisch
FTFY It's the dialect many mix up with Swabian, but as Baden-Württemberg is a mix of 2 different provinces, the Badisch part (i don't know if there is a english word for that) and the swabian part (Württemberg). And both dialects are completely different for those who speak it. But i see this is to deep into German neighbour rivalries. :-\
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Ah, OK, I drive past there when O go home. I forget how young Germany is and really how many almost separate languages it has.
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Ah, OK, I drive past there when O go home. I forget how young Germany is and really how many almost separate languages it has.
Yeah there are a lot, the funniest Thing to see is the south German ppl getting subtitles in tv cause "nobody understands them" :laugh:
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German tourist witnesses a road accident. He runs into a shop. Here is the conversation: German: A man has been knocked down by a car. What number do I dial to get an ambulance? Shopkeeper: No, no, no. German: What do you mean, nein, nein, nein?
If there is one thing more dangerous than getting between a bear and her cubs it's getting between my wife and her chocolate.
Reminds me of the (probably faked) video about the German coast guard I saw years ago. There are two men, an old one and a young one, problably an apprentice. The old man says (in German) to to the young one something like: I need to go to the restroom. Stay alert. As soon as the old man is out of the door there is a voice from the speaker: Mayday, mayday! We are sinking! The young man hessitantly grabs the microphone and says veeery sloowly with an incredibly awful German accent: Hello. Sis is se German coast guard. What are you sinking about?
The good thing about pessimism is, that you are always either right or pleasently surprised.
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Yeah there are a lot, the funniest Thing to see is the south German ppl getting subtitles in tv cause "nobody understands them" :laugh:
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Don't mention the war. DD did once, but I think he got away with it...:~
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952) Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
So, that's two egg mayonnaise, a prawn Goebbels, a Hermann Goering, and four Colditz salads. :-D
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined." - Homer
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Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952) Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
I think that is the first time I have ever seen her with something resembling a smile on her face.
If there is one thing more dangerous than getting between a bear and her cubs it's getting between my wife and her chocolate.
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So, that's two egg mayonnaise, a prawn Goebbels, a Hermann Goering, and four Colditz salads. :-D
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined." - Homer
"Yes you did. You invaded Poland!" Had some brilliant lines, that show: "She can kill a man at 10 paces with one blow of her tongue" :laugh:
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952) Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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Das is nicht gut! [no, I can't speak German either]
Old but quite good. The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will be the official language of the EU rather than German which was the other possibility. :^) As part of the negotiations, Her Majesty's Government conceded that English spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in plan that would be known as "Euro-English". In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make the sivil servants jump with joy. The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of the"k". This should klear up konfusion and keyboards kan have 1 less letter. There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year, when the troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like "fotograf" 20 persent shorter. In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be ekspekted to reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible. Governments will enkorage the removal of double letters, which have always ben a deterent to akurate speling. Also, al wil agre that the horible mes of the silent "e"s in the language is disgraseful, and they should go away. By the fourth year, peopl wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with "z" and "w" with "v". During ze fifz year, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou" and similar changes vud of kors be aplid to ozer kombinations of leters. After zis fifz yer, ve vil hav a reli sensibl riten styl. Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi to understand ech ozer. Ze drem vil finali kum tru! And zen ve vil tak over ze world!
