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Re: My first post with my new name ;)
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lugnet.loc.au
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Sat, 11 Nov 2006 08:34:19 GMT
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In lugnet.loc.au, Rene Hoffmeister wrote:
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In lugnet.loc.au, Melody Krützfeldt wrote:
I thought ‘rock’ is a skirt? so it should be (blue skirt ;)) - Your poor
son! ;)
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Oh yes, skirt, sorry. But wait... it was... only for testing your language
skills, of course!
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Well, I am glad I got something right ;)
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Actually I find many German surname have some rather amusing meanings when
you translate them into English...
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Not only surnames. What about cities? “Pforzheim” (Farthome) is a corny gag
here, but e.g. “Darmstadt”. It’s a pretty large city in Germany, so nobody
becomes aware of it actually, but you have to translate it “Intestinal
Town”...
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Oh yes, them too... I always giggle when I see something that sounds odd in
English and it’s funny to see signs on the motorway that start with ‘bad....’ I
think “that doesn’t sound like a place I want to go to, it sounds bad ;)”
It also makes it strange when learning German... somewords are hard to bring
yourself to saying them, it just sounds too odd! And I hate how in German there
are 20 words for what we would say in English only 3-5 words ;) ok, slight
exageration... but maybe not ;) - I think I would rather have spoken German and
then learnt English, so much easier!!!
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Here’s a cross-language one: Bahn-Fahrt (Rail-Ride). And especially for
Aussies (though I guess you already know it): The “Ausfahrt” (freeway exit
ramp) on the German Autobahn...
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Oh yes, I know them, I giggle at them too... People must think I am strange when
I read these signs and smile and laugh to myself...
Mel
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Message is in Reply To:
 | | Re: My first post with my new name ;)
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| (...) Oh yes, skirt, sorry. But wait... it was... only for testing your language skills, of course! (...) Not only surnames. What about cities? "Pforzheim" (Farthome) is a corny gag here, but e.g. "Darmstadt". It's a pretty large city in Germany, so (...) (18 years ago, 10-Nov-06, to lugnet.loc.au, FTX)
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