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<blockquote data-quote="Mustrum_Ridcully" data-source="post: 360729" data-attributes="member: 710">Yes, but no German would misunderstood the phrase. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /> &quot;Geil&quot;, that was a word I wanted to add. A &quot;stronger&quot; version is &quot;Oberaffengeil&quot;. Unfortunately, the term is not used often today, it has been replaced by the word &quot;cool&quot; in most situations. A Greeting in the Southern parts of Germany is &quot;Grüss Gott&quot; (If you can't type or see the &quot;ü&quot;, you can use &quot;ue&quot;), in the North, especially the region where I come from (East Frisia/ Ostfriesland) is &quot;Moin&quot;. The favorite &quot;drink&quot; for most German is &quot;Bier&quot; (beer), especially &quot;Pilsener Biere&quot; (this is a special type of beer, as far as I know. I don't know much about alcohol, because I am one of the few ones who would never drink it)A common Meal is &quot;Kartoffeln mit Soße (und Fleisch)&quot; (Potateos with saucer (and meat).(An interesting fact: Potatoes came from America, anyway, many conservational German think of this meal as a &quot;Traditonal German Food&quot;)Sauerkraut is not as common as often believed in foreign countries. I didn never eat it regularly, and this applies to most people I know. It might be more common in the Southern parts of Germany. (It must be funny for American to see this regional differences considering the fact that Germany is smaller than some states of the USA)&quot;Pommes Rot-Weiss&quot;. Chips with Ketchup and Mayonaise (? - I am not sure if I translated everything correct. I speak of the food made from potatoes you can also get at McDonald's) I believe the term became especially famous due to the &quot;Tatort&quot; series, the ones with &quot;Kommissar Schimanski&quot; (Actor: Götz George), who also used the term &quot;Scheisse&quot; [EDIT<img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/devious.png"&nbsp; class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":]" title="Devious&nbsp; &nbsp; :]" data-shortname=":]" /> quite often. (But not to rant about Pommes Rot-Weiss or McDonald`s, I believe <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /> ) [/EDIT] &quot;Wer den Pfenning nicht ehrtist den Taler nicht wert&quot;I don`t know if there is an English version of this, I give it a try: &quot;Who does not honor the penny, isn't worth the dollar&quot;. (Maybe someone else can do this better...)Mustrum Ridcully</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mustrum_Ridcully, post: 360729, member: 710"] Yes, but no German would misunderstood the phrase. :) "Geil", that was a word I wanted to add. A "stronger" version is "Oberaffengeil". Unfortunately, the term is not used often today, it has been replaced by the word "cool" in most situations. A Greeting in the Southern parts of Germany is "Grüss Gott" (If you can't type or see the "ü", you can use "ue"), in the North, especially the region where I come from (East Frisia/ Ostfriesland) is "Moin". The favorite "drink" for most German is "Bier" (beer), especially "Pilsener Biere" (this is a special type of beer, as far as I know. I don't know much about alcohol, because I am one of the few ones who would never drink it) A common Meal is "Kartoffeln mit Soße (und Fleisch)" (Potateos with saucer (and meat). (An interesting fact: Potatoes came from America, anyway, many conservational German think of this meal as a "Traditonal German Food") Sauerkraut is not as common as often believed in foreign countries. I didn never eat it regularly, and this applies to most people I know. It might be more common in the Southern parts of Germany. (It must be funny for American to see this regional differences considering the fact that Germany is smaller than some states of the USA) "Pommes Rot-Weiss". Chips with Ketchup and Mayonaise (? - I am not sure if I translated everything correct. I speak of the food made from potatoes you can also get at McDonald's) I believe the term became especially famous due to the "Tatort" series, the ones with "Kommissar Schimanski" (Actor: Götz George), who also used the term "Scheisse" [b][EDIT:][/b] quite often. (But not to rant about Pommes Rot-Weiss or McDonald`s, I believe :) ) [b][/EDIT] [/b] "Wer den Pfenning nicht ehrt ist den Taler nicht wert" I don`t know if there is an English version of this, I give it a try: "Who does not honor the penny, isn't worth the dollar". (Maybe someone else can do this better...) Mustrum Ridcully [/QUOTE]

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