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  • stek
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    Originally posted by clearedforlanding View Post
    When I lived in Germany, I told all my friends that I lived in Ausfarht, and when they left the airport they should just follow the signs.

    I no longer have as many friends.
    I've said before, on my first time in Germany with the Mrs who was working there, I kept remarking on the sheer amount of trains on the S-Bahn going to 'Kurzzug'.

    She never said a word till I'd said it like 1,000 times then called me an idiot...
    Last edited by stek; 25 February 2016, 12:08.

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  • VectraMan
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    I vote for künstlich (German for artificial).

    That's pretty rude.

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  • clearedforlanding
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    Originally posted by scooterscot View Post
    Speaking to another Scot recently with a German colleague in earshot I said 'You're taking the micky!'

    German colleague 'Who is micky? And where are you taking him?'
    Many years ago in Munich, I was wandering round the office in a slashdot "I read your email." t-Shirt. Many baffled Germans, to include my boss who pointed out that he always got return receipts so did not understand the point of the t-shirt.

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  • clearedforlanding
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    Originally posted by stek View Post
    My Russian partner always laughs at the words 'Blue Water' - sounds like 'Vomit' in Russian.....

    And, for me, I always laugh at 'Ausfahrt' on the German autobahn exits.......
    When I lived in Germany, I told all my friends that I lived in Ausfarht, and when they left the airport they should just follow the signs.

    I no longer have as many friends.
    Last edited by clearedforlanding; 25 February 2016, 00:22. Reason: A nice tune that changed my prejudice.

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  • SueEllen
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    Originally posted by scooterscot View Post
    Speaking to another Scot recently with a German colleague in earshot I said 'You're taking the micky!'

    German colleague 'Who is micky? And where are you taking him?'
    Please don't.

    Otherwise some poor British person will end up one day near one of the German people you worked with saying "Are you taking the Micky?"

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  • scooterscot
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    Originally posted by stek View Post
    And, for me, I always laugh at 'Ausfahrt' on the German autobahn exits.......
    Speaking to another Scot recently with a German colleague in earshot I said 'You're taking the micky!'

    German colleague 'Who is micky? And where are you taking him?'

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  • Bee
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    Originally posted by stek View Post
    My Russian partner always laughs at the words 'Blue Water' - sounds like 'Vomit' in Russian.....

    And, for me, I always laugh at 'Ausfahrt' on the German autobahn exits.......
    For me it's trump, sounds like "trampa". Trampa in portuguese it's poo, s**t.

    Donald da Trampa

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  • stek
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    My Russian partner always laughs at the words 'Blue Water' - sounds like 'Vomit' in Russian.....

    And, for me, I always laugh at 'Ausfahrt' on the German autobahn exits.......

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  • Bee
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    LOL

    Faca

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  • vetran
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    foreign words that sound naughty in English

    13 foreign words that sound rude in English | OxfordWords blog

    8 made me laugh.
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