You can easily get addicted to ice-cold Coca Cola, straight from the can. You should not order Pepsi. The sandwich does not come from Sandwich, but it’s a pretty little town. People from Sheffield are very friendly and generous, seem to be partial to German shepherds and make delicious meals. They think that everything is [...]
My linguistic juices are really flowing today, so I present to you the second literal epiphany in 24 hours: “Miraclewhip”! Growing up in a German household I always asked for “Majonaise”, or if I used the brand name “Miraclewhip”. Only that it always sounded like “Mi-ra-kell-wipp”. Well, it took me 25 years to find out [...]
A short while ago I had an epiphany: The English word “tired” is usually translated into the German “müde”. The literal translation is “gerädert”, though. Which has the same meaning as “müde”. I think it’s funny that “tired” isn’t a false friend, that you can really translate it literally. All the past years I’ve used [...]
A new word has thoroughly infiltrated my vocabulary. It’s everywhere I go, from dawn ’til dusk I apply it at least five times. Konec this, Konec that. What does it mean? “The End”, simple as that. And in its simplicity lies its beauty. If you aren’t as lucky as I am and don’t have a [...]
Hubby und ich sind in einem Solinger Parkhaus auf dieses Schild gestoßen. Wir beide wissen ernsthaft nicht, was wir damit anfangen sollen. Hat jemand eine Idee?
Thanks to Rob I have to share another bad example of the German language. Since the pic says more than a hundred words I’ll shut up now Can’t shut up, I mean: the grammar? The spelling? Ugh!
If you can’t read the bill: “Das Bekleben von Plakaten ist verboten!”, meaning “to glue something onto bills is prohibited”. Who knows what the bill should have read? I’ll give you little gold stars
