I do not even understand the German version of these expressions. @_@
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I do not even understand the German version of these expressions. @_@
I wonder how you came to post in a german forum then.
Well, obviously, I do understand the individual words (even those which you misspelled) but I just do not get the meaning of those expressions, you know. They just do not make sense, actually; at least the second one. So it is basically impossible for me to translate them properly.
Well, if it's of any help to you: The first one means that the speaker considers the status of the person he is talking about to be gained by a stroke of luck and hints that his fortune will change very soon resulting in "everything coming down upon him" at the most unexpected time.
The second sentence is just a string of swearwords, "Pfeiffenkopf" being a close equivalent to "Airhead". What I can't make sense of is the "Erbsen" part. I think these were meant to attack their sexuality before they got translated into german as "Pfeiffenkopf" includes a hint at air flowing through something along with the hollowness and a shrinkage happening because of the change in temperature.
Huh? Why sexuality? I thought it means something like "your brains shrank to/on (don't know the preposition here) the size of a pea." But unfortunately I don't know any English idiom for that.
I think I'll go with:Zitat:
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IDIOTS, ONE LIKE THE OTHER. YOUR BRAINS OBVIOUSLY SHRANK TO THE SIZE OF PEAS.
then. It's not perfect but I think it will work well enough, thank you.
well, as this seems to be settled I'd like to introduce some other matter I'm really curious about:
what kind of english do you [try to] speak?
I mean, every non-native speaker sooner or later just has to adopt a certain pronounciation - like american, australian, british or something yet different [I especially like listening to the jamaican slang, patois ^^]
personally, my english is as british as it could be~ well of course it's not perfect, but still it's quite distinctive. I'd really love to spend some months in south-east england to perfect my pronounciation ^^
so what about you?
I try to use mostly american english because it doesn't sound so cocky. ^_^
Well, I would like to speak more canadian english but I don't know any source where I could learn or hear this kind of english. If you find any source, please let me know that. ;)
Uh, this thread seems to be one of the few (for me) new things that are actually interesting. It's a delight to read it. :)
So, uhm, yeah. Just to contribute something else:
Mostly American, simply due to media influence.Zitat:
what kind of english do you [try to] speak?
I guess my pronunciation is very much American. Of course I know it's not 100% pure American, and I'm not sure it'll ever be either. I tried once to adopt British pronuncation, but due to the increased influence of American English, some AE-speaking people I know and the fact that (to me) it's easier to adopt, I decided to go for AE instead. My spelling and some words or phrases are still BE, though. Perhaps I'll change that too in the future...Zitat:
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Try looking for some CE speaking people and simply talk to them. It shouldn't be that hard to find someone who's willing to talk to you via Skype or something similar. Maybe you can find someone who wants to improve their German or something :)Zitat:
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[try to] is really the right expression.Zitat:
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Actually I prefer BE since it sounds much better (IMO) than AE - which is so often mumbled and... brrr. Well, I don't like it. Unfortunately I am far from being good at TEH REAL Oxford English. Sometimes I am watching BBC so that I can listen to it ^_^
But as I am working at an international society with headquaters in the US I often switch over to AE (e. g. while being on the phone) or even mix both up.
None, I've been using the language exclusively for writing and reading for years now, and I don't see that changing in the near future.Zitat:
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even though i consider british english to be the oral climax among all english verbalizations, i have to admit that it does prove quite difficult to utilize it in most scenarios - unless you are fortunate enough to be able to communicate with either british citizens or british talking people on a regular basis.
consequently, i automatically use american english in most situations for i most certainly am talking to an american friend of mine, since i dont know any british people i can actually converse with.
on the other hand, i have to constate that i couldnt imagine not using american slang when engaging mere small talk.
so basically, i prefer the kind of english that is most appropiate at that very moment.
Well, there is a thread for writing english; but were is the thread to write Black-Metal-English? xD
[Growl]Rah I wanted just to you know let where I come from.. Hailing from Grimmm norway![/Growl]
Could be my words.Zitat:
on the other hand, i have to constate that i couldnt imagine not using american slang when engaging mere small talk.
Is there any topic at the moment?
I'm just too lazy to read all the posts.. Right? o.O
I remember doing the time warp.
Was that before or after darkness had hit you and you entered another dimension?Zitat:
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Right after I entered a dimension of absolute pleasure.Zitat:
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Mary Jane?Zitat:
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You may call me Riff-Raff.Zitat:
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I will, sir. o_oZitat:
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Is there a topic? Anywhere? Hmm... nope, can't find any. Sooooo...
The time before X-mas sucks. :\ Weird people are running around stores (without any plan, it seems), buying presents, drinking "Glühwein" and they are getting on my nerves. I just want to buy butter and a piece of bread, but I just drown in the masses. Terrible, I tell you. I should start buying my food in the net... :p
But I'm happy that I don't have to visit ANY relatives during the holidays. Now that's vacation! :D
This Thread is kind´a weird, but now i can finally try some goo´old quite surely wrong written ´-thing combinations, like o´rly or Ol´Fred!
Yay!
PS: Haven´t been around for quite some time, where to put out my sig these days??
He, don't you just LOVE weird people running around without any obvious plan or concept *_*?Zitat:
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Anyway, i would strongly encourage you to buy your daily goods in the outer parts of town. The inner city is always crowded at this time of the year and becomes a real madhouse. :p
In Karlsruhe, you're literally unable to cross certain parts of town at this time of the year. It's all about evolution, survival of the strongest. >:D
The strongest is the one who's staying at home, denying all this christmas-chaos. xDZitat:
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And - for sure - the little children are the weakest. They always go down in the masses.
The best reason to write in this thread, is indeed to write off your flash after some good dose of marjiuana. ^.^
Let's find out if it's even one of those rarely seen threads where you can double-post; so.. xD
What about gifts? Do you buy or make them, if you wish to get one for a friend/Family/etc?
Well, I don't like christmas, so I decided that I won't make gifts on christmas - If I got the need to see a surprised face of a friend I do it through the year.
In my eyes, this seems to be worth more than on typical giving-days, or howevertf it's called. =)
Yes, you're right. We should show our friends an dadults every day how much we like them. But I don't think that we couldn't celebrate a celebration about our affection to each other because this. And in fact nobody really shows his friends and his family how much he likes them like he would in christmastime. And I think you don't do it too. In fact nobody helps strangers. In christmastime some people do. Christmas can be very excessive, thats right. But christmas isn't that bad like many people say, when you celebrate it in the right way: only for it's meaning. Without any force.
Hi folks.
I need english for my Job, because I'm working in a Shipping Company, and our bosses are from Taiwan and don't speak german :eek:.
But I also like the english language, because it's a very easy language, compared to german (don't misunderstand me, i'm also good in german :D) and other languages, and for me it's fun to learn a language and talk to people from other countries.
Beside my Job, I need english for programming, a lot of tutorials are written in english. And for english subbed Anime;).
I was in England for 2 weeks on a... you can call it language journey... with a lot of other young peple, and we visited England, but also learned from English teachers. But that was a long time ago.
English today:
I think, today english is a very important language to learn, and everybody who has the chance to learn that language should do this, because we are going to become more and more a multicultural country.
what have you been doing to this thread? Ò__ó need some real topic, I guess. >__>
the damn tags are malfunctioning again. *shoots some templates*
the same applies to me. it was back in 1999 and it was for 10 days or so. at that time it wasn't really helpful to improve your English skills, but it was rather considered some kind of status symbol like "you have to be there to be someone Ò__ó" or something. >__> eventually, my parents paid it, so I guess it was alright then. :p there were some interesting places in and around London I would like to see again sometime. well, my semester abroad is still due. §happyZitat:
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and to come up with some real topic:
what have you been doing during holidays? had a good time or was it rather horrible to spend time with your family? :p
as i haven't spent much time with my parents so far, it was a good time ;) no really i was barely at home..though i live in a - well -" kaff " there where enough opportunities for me to disappear from their sight, get out and go to the city or somthin' with some of my friends...but i guess the most time i spent with my boyfriend and his mates...and now i'm outta here got to get ready :D keep on having nice / not so nice holiday! 8)
Well, it was great, but I wasn't able to spend much time with my family XDZitat:
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I had a lot to do, my report about the "Deutsche Herbst" and good old Schleyer has to be finished, then I had some driving lessons (yay) and spent a lot of time with my friends. And the most important thing... I bought my ticket to Japan :D In June I'm going to spend over a whole month in Tokyo. It's gonna be great.
Well... I was asking myself... how where people able to improve their English without the internet? O_o Honestly, I wouldn't be able to speak and especially write like this just with the English I learned at school. What about you? Is that such a strange tought...? ^^''
Hi.
Uh, I Don`t have any Idea where I could start ...
I went to America for three Times now - one Time to San Francisco (A Greeaat city, i had to make my examination 'bout it), one time to New York (An even greater city, and such big), and, finally, one time to Florida.
I liked the vacation at New York the best, because it really helped me with my
natural speakin'. Until this awsome trip, i had -you won't believe it - always marks between D and E in my school english. Today, I have an A - and I'm still
holding it ! But, who's interested in my english History ? Yeah, nobody.
So, i'm gonna to tell you something about this great vacation.
Well, in the first week we visited the Central Park, the Empire State Building (Wowy, it's really big !), and some districts like Chinatown and Manhattan Island. Well - exactly seen, we lived in a Hotel at Manhattan Island, so we didn't have to walk that much :p .
The "National Museum" is awsome, fantastic, and it's really just like in this new movie with Ben Stiller, you know, "Night at the Museum".
The T-Rex is funny, and i made a photo of my Dad's Head, beeing in Rex' Mouth. Well, yes, that's forbidden, but, there wasn't anyone, who saw us, and...
Waah ! I'M SO SORRY !
All in all, it was the best vacation in my whole life !
When i finish school, I'm going to be Au-Pair in America for one year (Maybe you've seen my Thread in this Forum)
Argh. I'm tired now. I am really no night-guy...uah...
Greez,
Raem