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#133572 10/01/04 10:51 AM
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Some time ago here in Germany, we had a rather confusing "Don't drink and drive"-campaign. The government had large signs put up along motorways, reading "Bei Alkohol, Hände weg vom Steuer", which translates roughly as "With alcohol, don't touch the wheel". The very least one should expect from drunken drivers is to leave their hands on the wheel...


#133573 10/01/04 11:26 AM
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Here in the USA we used to have an ad slogan: Alcohol and gasoline don't mix.

The response was: Dang right! I tried it once and it tastes terrible.


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"Bei Alkohol, Hände weg vom Steuer"

I thought it meant "Don't tax my hands, buy alcohol." Isn't it amazing that 'tax, duty' and 'rudder, steering wheel' are synonyms in German.


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synonyms

Ach, du, du, du ... You mean, of course, homonyms. Das Homonym, and not das Synonym. And while we're at it, you've confused your genders, Quatschkopp. Die Steuer is a taxing woman, but das Steuer is a neutral steering. Got it? Ach!


#133576 10/01/04 05:05 PM
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Viele Grüße, lore, und willkomen. That's a wonderful example! I'll try to think of some others...



(aside to varaha: you're such a card.)


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Don't be getting all natty on us, nuncle.


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Don't be getting all natty on us

Don't you be paying 'em no nevermind, Varaha!


#133579 10/02/04 02:25 AM
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Huh? (blue]Die Steuer is a taxing woman)

Every good movie lover knows, A Taxing Woman is Japanese, not German..

Hai!?


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Every good movie lover knows, A Taxing Woman is Japanese, not German.

B-but, Japanese is German! It was psiendifficultly proofed by Professor Hirohito von Grippsz, dressage tutor to Kaiserin Katerin von Rußland. You say hai, and I say ja. (One is just the other backwards cipherlike.)


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Wull, then, the German would be Namow Ngiskat A, then, wouldn't it?


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