More tea, Vicar?
9.May.2005 - 14:20 hrs
What words do you enjoy showing off with?
Blimeygirl
9.May.2005 - 14:22 hrs
Too many But one recently acquired: Wahnsinn
I kinda like to throw that around a bit.
Katrina
9.May.2005 - 14:22 hrs
"Baujahr"
Because it sounds like some mental Samurai shout of extreme violence and immediate crushing pain but actually means "year of construction"
PiePiper
9.May.2005 - 14:28 hrs
The wonderful word '
womit', especially when it comes out sounding like 'vomit'.
More tea, Vicar?
9.May.2005 - 14:29 hrs
That's good. I'll swap ya . . . .
I was reading an Observer article (obviously) back home and came across "worldview" or "die Weltanschauung". It means one's outlook (in a kinda philospohical way).
Slip it in, and watch them go "oooooh!"
PiePiper
9.May.2005 - 14:32 hrs
On a similar note, you get
Bebauung.
kathie
9.May.2005 - 14:34 hrs
I still really like "Gummistiefel"
Wee Mun
9.May.2005 - 14:34 hrs
wankwinkel
think it means obtuse angle
grtho
9.May.2005 - 14:35 hrs
Helles
Past scho'
Schlampe
More tea, Vicar?
9.May.2005 - 14:35 hrs
@PP
How is "building development" going to get you any linguistic street-cred Fritzside?
Wee Mun
9.May.2005 - 14:37 hrs
German chicks dig being called schätzchen
More tea, Vicar?
9.May.2005 - 14:38 hrs
That's good. But what does it mean?
We are sharing people here, sharing ...
Topsy
9.May.2005 - 14:41 hrs
it's short for Kruzifix
means flippin 'eck
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