Spectators in Other Languages

[Warbaby]

I often shop European eBay sites (Holland, Belgium, France, Germany). I'm familiar with the clothing/hat terms in those languages, but...

Does anyone know what spectators are called in any of those countries?

 

[Luke 42]

I don't know of a german name for it..they are normally called Two-tones or to-tones. We germans seem to have a tendency to just use english words instead of thinking about a proper german term..that's a bit lame I think

Two-tone shoe would translate to "zweifarbiger Schuh", but as I said that word is not used.

Towtones can be found for example in this german shop:
http://www.juke-jive.de/deutsch/shop/index.html

Auf wiedersehen

 

[BinkieBaumont]

Even here in the Swan River Colony, Australia, I can walk into a better class of shoe shop and enquire about "Spectator" or "Co-Respondent" shoes, and the sales assistants eyes glaze over! I have to elaborate and say "Two tone[/B][/I][/FONT][/SIZE][/COLOR] brogues" and then their eyes light up, but alas they don't have any!

 

[KILO NOVEMBER]

I don't know of a german name for it..they are normally called Two-tones or to-tones. We germans seem to have a tendency to just use english words instead of thinking about a proper german term..that's a bit lame I think

Two-tone shoe would translate to "zweifarbiger Schuh", but as I said that word is not used.

Towtones can be found for example in this german shop:
http://www.juke-jive.de/deutsch/shop/index.html

Auf wiedersehen

Well, not creating German names for foreign words may not be the worst thing. Why don't you tell the folks the German word for "typist"?

 

[Max Flash]

The English call them correspondent's shoes. I do not know about other European countries, but imagine some variety of "two-tone shoes" in the relevant language will get you part of the way there.

 

[Luke 42]

Well, not creating German names for foreign words may not be the worst thing. Why don't you tell the folks the German word for "typist"?

Sorry, I dont get the joke[huh] The german word for typist would be "Schreibkraft"

Maybe I didnt really get my point across..I am rather complaining about people using englsih terms when there is a german term. As much as I love the english language, i find this just lame. It always reminds me of Yuppie-bussiness-students talk..but maybe you just get what I mean when you speak german yourself

 

[cookie]

I often shop European eBay sites (Holland, Belgium, France, Germany). I'm familiar with the clothing/hat terms in those languages, but...

Does anyone know what spectators are called in any of those countries?

Golfe a bout fleurie is the French...

 

[dhermann1]

I'm sure they were wearing those shoes in Germany in the 20's and 30's. They MUST have had a common name for them back then. Ask the oldest person you know.

 

[KILO NOVEMBER]

Sorry, I dont get the joke[huh] The german word for typist would be "Schreibkraft"

Maybe I didnt really get my point across..I am rather complaining about people using englsih terms when there is a german term. As much as I love the english language, i find this just lame. It always reminds me of Yuppie-bussiness-students talk..but maybe you just get what I mean when you speak german yourself

Perhaps I'm out of date, but the word I learned was "scheibenmachinescheiber",
which transliterated to English is "writing machine writer".

German nouns have the reputation of being very lengthy as compared to English ones.

Here is a joke told by my wife, who spent her early childhood in France and her late teens in Germany. A Englishman, a Frenchman, and a German were having a conversation is a garden. An insect with large attractive wings alites on a nearby plant. The Englishman says, "What a lovely butterfly. Don't you think the word is just perfect?" The Frenchman says, "Yes, it is good, but I find the French word to be most beautiful, papillon. The German looks at the other two and says, "And what is wrong Schmetterlink?"