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  • thecolourboxthecolourbox Frets: 9654
    Emp_Fab said:
    I wouldn't be surprised if the Germans have a word to describe the feeling of embarrassment on discovering you've been deliberately misled with an incorrect translation for comedic effect.

    Probably Rechtsschutzversicherungsgesellschaften or something.
    But that word would be shorter than your full sentence so it makes sense really :)
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  • thecolourboxthecolourbox Frets: 9654
    Nitefly said:
    Emp_Fab said:
    I wouldn't be surprised if the Germans have a word to describe the feeling of embarrassment on discovering you've been deliberately misled with an incorrect translation for comedic effect.

    Probably Rechtsschutzversicherungsgesellschaften or something.
    The Germans have good long words for everything!

    That said, I recall Steven Fry once saying that the slang German word for a mobile phone was "Flippi", then saying in a very camp, Gruber-esque voice, "Ach, wo ist mein Flippi?" to great comedic effect...

    The Germans (and German speakers elsewhere) call them a Handy, not heard of them being called a Flippi anywhere!
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  • randellarandella Frets: 4086
    Nitefly said:
    Emp_Fab said:
    I wouldn't be surprised if the Germans have a word to describe the feeling of embarrassment on discovering you've been deliberately misled with an incorrect translation for comedic effect.

    Probably Rechtsschutzversicherungsgesellschaften or something.
    The Germans have good long words for everything!

    That said, I recall Steven Fry once saying that the slang German word for a mobile phone was "Flippi", then saying in a very camp, Gruber-esque voice, "Ach, wo ist mein Flippi?" to great comedic effect...

    I love those long, all-encompassing words.

    They do lose points for having three genders for stuff, which confused the hell out of me in school whilst trying to remember if a cup of coffee was he, she, or just ‘it’.
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  • pintspillerpintspiller Frets: 994
    Isn't "toasting" rasta for "rap"?
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  • MattBansheeMattBanshee Frets: 1498
    A friend of mine was once living in Korea for work, and would frequent a "western" style bar; he met some Swedish guys in there one night and managed to convince them that we traditionally say "Get your rat out" when toasting.
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  • droflufdrofluf Frets: 3612
    Many years ago I was working abroad on a project and one of me team started seeing one of the women in the office. As their romance progressed he wanted to be sensible and as I had a smattering of the local language he asked my advice. Following this it’s possible that he may have gone to the local pharmacy and asked for some extra small condoms...
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  • prowlaprowla Frets: 4896
    Cols said:
    The English phrase is ‘a toast’, accompanied by “cheers”, “good health”, “chin chin”, etc etc.  In German, “Prost” or “Zum wohl”.
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  • MyrandaMyranda Frets: 2940
    Glassen-klinken?
    Das toasty-woesty?
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  • kaypeejaykaypeejay Frets: 775
    Wassail
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  • 57Deluxe57Deluxe Frets: 7329
    kaypeejay said:
    Wassail
    that involves apples and pissing on tree roots...
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