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Democracyinkind

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17. Technically... In Germany yes. BUT...

Reply to BadgerKid (Reply #14)

Wed Jul 3, 2013, 08:40 AM

Jul 2013

...Not in Switzerland... As long as we're being overly technical The Swiss would write "Scheisssturm" as they have no special character for a double s.

I did not take your post the wrong way... I wouldn't want to accuse you of being a Korinthenkacker

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English rude word enters German language [View all] bananas Jul 2013 OP

Dunno about the rest of you Warpy Jul 2013 #1

Merkel probably learned it from Porgie... nt MADem Jul 2013 #4

Yup, he was such a smoothie... FailureToCommunicate Jul 2013 #12

Absolutely. It was that way every damned day of his stolen terms. n/t Judi Lynn Jul 2013 #5

'Shitstorm' becomes official German word bananas Jul 2013 #2

Cool. "Sturm und scheisse" just seemed to heavy. n/t Beartracks Jul 2013 #3

Scheisssturm. Democracyinkind Jul 2013 #6

Technically, Schei�sturm, BadgerKid Jul 2013 #14

Technically... In Germany yes. BUT... Democracyinkind Jul 2013 #17

I guess that's the first time I see Call Me Wesley Jul 2013 #39

Glad you said christx30 Jul 2013 #28

no, that's a different word reorg Jul 2013 #16

I speak German as a first language. I think I know. Democracyinkind Jul 2013 #18

me too, I also majored in German :-) reorg Jul 2013 #20

I also have a degree in Germanistik ;) Democracyinkind Jul 2013 #21

I wouldn't worry too much about the spelling reorg Jul 2013 #24

I agree, of course. nt Democracyinkind Jul 2013 #25

The French would have forced a translation: merde temp�te Kolesar Jul 2013 #8

They missed a golden oppurtunity to include Shit ton Rain Mcloud Jul 2013 #7

The King's English catches on... ;-) n/t ReRe Jul 2013 #9

Hardly the King's English -- the BBC story sniffs at it as an Americanism starroute Jul 2013 #32

I'm sure you are correct.... ReRe Jul 2013 #37

Trust the Germans to embrace this term, if that's the right expression. CBHagman Jul 2013 #10

herauf Schei�enebenflu� ohne ein Paddel dipsydoodle Jul 2013 #11

Wirklich toll! Myrina Jul 2013 #19

So now we can say "shitstorm" wherever we like, Jackpine Radical Jul 2013 #13

We can say it, kentauros Jul 2013 #15

That got bookedmarked! RC Jul 2013 #22

I prefer the word which seems to go back to the time of King Canute dipsydoodle Jul 2013 #27

That's funny! kentauros Jul 2013 #30

Just a bit of Anglo-Saxon returning to it's roots htuttle Jul 2013 #23

Say it out loud: sounds like it's making a round trip. Smarmie Doofus Jul 2013 #26

What is the German obsession with Kelvin Mace Jul 2013 #29

Have you seen any of their porn? HolyMoley Jul 2013 #35

The overall German obsession with poo is very, very weird AngryAmish Jul 2013 #38

Very useful term, glad to share it. (nt) Paladin Jul 2013 #31

Sweet. Iggo Jul 2013 #33

They even have an emoticon for that... L0oniX Jul 2013 #34

? I thought it was a German word. caseymoz Jul 2013 #36

Schei�e, I have to lock this REP Jul 2013 #40