Germans
Aug 16, 2019 21:30:40 #
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Aug 17, 2019 07:11:08 #
When I lived in Germany many years ago, I got a kick out of the roadway sign "Aus Fahrt."
Aug 17, 2019 07:31:37 #
Architect1776 wrote:
Gotta love the language and this is so true.
It might also explain their interest in expanding their territory. : )
Aug 17, 2019 07:51:06 #
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Aug 17, 2019 08:28:32 #
SteveR wrote:
Ever try to follow a German sentence?
Ever try to follow a German sentence?
Yes, especially when I lived there.
Took a mandatory course in German, among other languages when deploying to live in a specific country.
Aug 17, 2019 08:54:19 #
Sendai5355 wrote:
When I lived in Germany many years ago, I got a kick out of the roadway sign "Aus Fahrt."
Often, leaving the fuel stops, sign says Guten Fahrt. Good journey. Plenty of fahrting. Must be the Sauer Kraut??
Aug 17, 2019 09:19:56 #
When stationed in Germany, one of our favorite pranks on "newbies" was, if they asked how to get to a certain place out of town, we'd tell them to go straight down the main road until they saw a sign that said Umleitung, and follow those signs to their destination. They weren't happy when they found that Umleitung means Detour.
Aug 17, 2019 10:14:03 #
The entire word fussbodenschliefmaschinenverleih means Floor Sanding Machine Rental but the individual words that compose it are: fuss=foot, boden=ground, schlief=fall asleep, maschinen=machine, verleih=rental.
German is an interesting language.
German is an interesting language.
Aug 17, 2019 10:14:53 #
1963mca wrote:
They weren't happy when they found that Umleitung means Detour.
This photo of a plumber's shop was taken in Austria several decades ago.
Aug 17, 2019 10:54:00 #
Bunko.T wrote:
Often, leaving the fuel stops, sign says Guten Fahrt. Good journey. Plenty of fahrting. Must be the Sauer Kraut??
Aug 17, 2019 12:00:29 #
Paloviejo wrote:
The entire word fussbodenschliefmaschinenverleih means Floor Sanding Machine Rental but the individual words that compose it are: fuss=foot, boden=ground, schlief=fall asleep, maschinen=machine, verleih=rental.
German is an interesting language.
German is an interesting language.
A slight misspelling changes the meaning altogether :
its actually "schleif" meaning "to grind" rather than "schlief" meaning "was sleeping"
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