Batman509
Jul 3 2007, 4:03 pm
Just wondering if anybody else enjoys hearing germans say certain words or phrases in any language for whatever reason... here are some things I enjoy trying to make them say.
"Krieg", "Panzer", "U-boot", "Sieg","But this is not possible" or "But how is this possible?"
Am I the only one who enjoys this?
Matt9882
Jul 3 2007, 4:05 pm
I know what you mean I had an incident with a colleage who looked ever so confused when her mother heard that she was in the fridge again!
Ich bin nicht in die Kühlschrank!
PayolaDL
Jul 4 2007, 2:57 pm
I love when Germans try to use American-MTV slang in everyday conversation or advertising.
I saw a sign that said "Pimp Mein Farrad" about a month ago.
NOFXmike
Jul 4 2007, 3:02 pm
QUOTE (PayolaDL @ Jul 4 2007, 3:57 pm)

I saw a sign that said "Pimp Mein Farrad" about a month ago.
...they could have been looking for bikes to pimp for their crap-ass german show. I think they only did like 3 bikes and gave up, though...
I miss pimp my ride...
Derekbeggs
Jul 4 2007, 4:50 pm
I really really would want one white van. or one warm wiggly worm
It sort of comes out like
I veely veely vood vont vun vite wan or vun varm viggly vurm.
Just reach for the Gerrard Hoffung recording from 1954 by the BBC "French Widows" including:
Sorrowfully I cannot abide your auto.
bluedave
Jul 4 2007, 5:06 pm
My german missis always told me that the phrase they used to test them with at uni was " Willie works overtime in Wolverhampton. "
Genie
Jul 4 2007, 5:07 pm
My favorite: "We go".
zemonkey
Jul 4 2007, 11:02 pm
I am thinking
Ruthie
Jul 5 2007, 7:56 am
three months until February
you get a "munch" sometimes
Uncle Nick
Jul 5 2007, 8:06 am
@zemonkey: you mean like this:
Berlitz junior commcercial
expat_J
Jul 5 2007, 9:12 am
"sir" "master" "boss" "mein herr"
Kathleen in Forchheim
Oct 22 2007, 3:50 pm
a friend of mine finds the word "squirrel" quite entertaining. They can't quite get their tongues around the "squ" and it comes out something like skvivvel
MollyB
Oct 22 2007, 4:22 pm
Where are y'all finding these Germans who speak English, and how are you making them speak English?
I prefer making them endure my German. Though my allergic reaction to some dialects has added a dark dimension of prejudice I never imagined possible.
munichjoe
Oct 31 2007, 4:38 pm
another good one is trying to get them to say "violence"
it ends up sounding like "wireless"
my GF still gets mad eveytime she says it, b/c the first time she did i didnt understand what it was she was saying. so after looking up the translation in the dictionary and finding violence, she says "thats what i said"... no honey you said wireless...
good times!
ExTexinMunich
Nov 2 2007, 11:22 am
Here is another FUNNY one for everyone to see...
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-3623576143531081352VERY FUNNY!!! And so true!!!
DanHessen
Nov 2 2007, 11:39 am
hither and thither.
Heh, heh, heh.
osmachar
Nov 2 2007, 12:36 pm
That'll sound like Heil Hitler then ...
BadDoggie
Nov 2 2007, 12:50 pm
* I thought those three things over there went through the wash.
* Victor wants very wet vegetables.
Hours of laughs.
woof.
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