MEANWHILE, in Germany...

[Blue_Tires]

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[hlthe2b]

1. sehr gut!

[Aristus]

2. I wonder if they pronounce it "Ah-RAY'-ta", German-style.

n/t

[Mira]

6. Believe me, to smilingly copy 45,

they know how to pronounce it. And most other words in the English language.

[Aristus]

9. I know. I speak German myself, and was stationed there when I was in the Army.

It was just a passing thought...

[smirkymonkey]

3. Ausgezeichnet!

Bravo Berlin!

[SCVDem]

11. I like that word!

Ausgezeichnet!

That and geschwendikeitzkrenze. (sp)

[DFW]

13. Close

Geschwindigkeitsgrenze

Once, while in law school in the USA, my younger daughter's class was studying some business law question involving VW. Everyone in the class was asked to read a portion out loud. The passage my daughter was asked to read (in English) contained the full name of the company, which is "Volkswagenaktiensgesellschaft." Since she was born and raised in Germany, is fully bilingual, and went to school there until she was 16, she just breezed through the word without even stopping. The whole class and even the professor all said "WHOA! How did you do you do THAT?" She just looked at them with impatience and reminded them, "I'M GERMAN!"

[Honeycombe8]

4. Wow! What an honor. Nice tribute. nt

[Haggis for Breakfast]

5. When did they do this ?

Was this recent or has it been there for a while ? (Just curious.)

Schon, das ist R-E-S-P-E-K-T. und nicht nur etwas !

[DFW]

15. It was definitely recent

And from the look of the attaching metal, it looks like it was the city that did it, not just some private person.

[TygrBright]

7. Danke Schoen, Berlin! Sehr Klassiche. n/t

[DFW]

14. Grosse Klasse (the local way of saying "very classy")

"Sehr klassisch" means "very classical" (for the record)

[TygrBright]

17. Now you know how many decades it's been since I used my college Deutsche! n/t

[DFW]

18. Form that, I'd say MANY decades!

"Used my college Deutshche" = "used my college German girl (German women usually don't put up with that)"

I think you mean "used my college Deutsch"

[Haggis for Breakfast]

19. Das ist sehr Kommish.

[DFW]

20. Back in der Old Country

We say "komisch." But you're getting there!

[Haggis for Breakfast]

22. Oooops.

And I speak the language, but my fingers got carried away.

Chuss.

[DFW]

23. It happens

I live there, am married to one of the friendly natives who lets me get away with almost everything except butchering her language.

[Haggis for Breakfast]

24. Do you follow Keith Knight ?

He's a brilliant cartoonist. His wife is German and he frequently works her into the scripts. She has a way with American (English) euphemisms that is just hysterical.

Example: The poop is in the pudding. Your guest is as good as mine.

I think you'd find them funny.

[DFW]

25. Never heard of them

But they sound like my kind of people.

[oasis]

8. Love that sentiment.

[SCVDem]

10. My high school German was 1971.

I got an A.

Now I need Spanish. I like it.

Wunderbar Deutschland!

[Fla Dem]

12. Very nice. nt

[Demovictory9]

16. Plus 1000

[uponit7771]

21. K&R,

[KT2000]

26. Awww - sweet!