Easy German lessons ;-)

[Trenchfriend]

Auf einem tschechischen Tischchen steht ein chinesisches Fläschchen!!

 

[Trenchfriend]

What's the German for I know nothing!

Sorry, I've overseen!

I know nothing = ICH WEIß NIX!!


Ich seh Nix, ich hör Nix, ich bin heute Morgen garnicht aufgestanden! (FW Schultz)

 

[Trenchfriend]

Private Schneewittchen still doesn't like german-barking Drill Srgt..

 

[Tiki Tom]

okay, okay. In fairness, some of those jokes are a little mean. Most of the Germans that I know do indeed have a sense of humor.

 

[Trenchfriend]

Gnädige Frau machen einen KNICKS !!

 

[Turnip]

okay, okay. In fairness, some of those jokes are a little mean. Most of the Germans that I know do indeed have a sense of humor.

I would say, the main difference is just that most Germans understand the language these jokes are told in, in opposite to the other way round…

 

[Trenchfriend]

The first butterflies, today!

S.c.h.m.e.t.t.e.r.l.i.n.g

 

[Turnip]

Tagpfauenauge?

 

[Trenchfriend]

Tagpfauenauge?

Not really.
"Admiral"/Vanessa Atalanta.

 

[Trenchfriend]

Scheme??

Nope, Schema.

 

[Trenchfriend]

That's a good one!:

Spell that:

KNOSPENDE NARZISSEN !!

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[Trenchfriend]

Waist coats??

Das sind Westen, my friends!

 

[Trenchfriend]

W.u.r.s.t.g.u.l.a.s.c.h.

= goulash substitute

 

[Turnip]

S.c.h.w.e.i.n.k.r.a.m

 

[CatsCan]

Or a question of location, example:

„Ich bring Dich um.“

High German: „I‘ll kill you.“

Northern low German: „I‘ll walk you home.“

not quite, mate! "Ich bring dich rum." How do I know? Born and raised in North Germany.

 

[Trenchfriend]

I'll bring you around the corner...

 

[scotrace]

"If a cat ever came up against a German irregular verb: Goodbye cat!" -- Mark Twain

 

[Turnip]

… Born and raised in North Germany.

Me too, mate! Born and raised in Kreis Schleswig, obviously slightly different from Friesland.

 

[CatsCan]

Me too, mate! Born and raised in Kreis Schleswig, obviously slightly different from Friesland.

It seems, the Danes have stolen the "r", like in Flensboa, Oahus, Ollboa. They took all the g's also . We even "roll" the "r" to make it really pop out...

 

[Turnip]

And you roll that „R“ in a unique, very distinctive way.
Astonishing what a difference a one hour drive can make sometimes in local Platt.

By the way, just had my annual E.R.A.-L.e.i.s.t.u.n.g.s.b.e.w.e.r.t.u.n.g.s.g.e.s.p.r.ä.c.h. today.