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#179151 - 09/18/08 11:43 AM Re: Lost in Translation [Re: wsieber]
Fauve newbie Registered: 09/13/08 Posts: 35 Loc: New Yorker	Yes, and reminds me of my favorite German idiom, which, when translated into English, is hysterical. Es ist mir alles Wurst! Translated literally means: It's all sausage to me! Actually means: I couldn't care less!
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#179363 - 09/30/08 12:46 PM Re: Lost in Translation [Re: Fauve]
fit to be tied stranger Registered: 09/29/08 Posts: 3 Loc: GA	Es ist mir alles Wurst! Sounds like a German vegetarian at a weenie roast.
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#179369 - 09/30/08 10:35 PM Re: Lost in Translation [Re: fit to be tied]
Jackie Carpal Tunnel Registered: 03/15/00 Posts: 11579 Loc: Louisville, Kentucky	Sounds like a German vegetarian at a weenie roast. So does your name! Welcome aBoard!
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#179386 - 10/01/08 10:15 PM Re: Lost in Translation [Re: Jackie]
Alex Williams Pooh-Bah Registered: 01/05/01 Posts: 1814 Loc: Spam Factory	how does "fit to be tied" sound like a German vegetarian at a weinie roast? To me, it sounds like a phys ed teacher at a bondage convention.
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#179387 - 10/01/08 10:36 PM Re: Lost in Translation [Re: Alex Williams]
Jackie Carpal Tunnel Registered: 03/15/00 Posts: 11579 Loc: Louisville, Kentucky	$\:D$ how does "fit to be tied" sound like a German vegetarian at a weinie roast? 'Cause he or she wouldn't be able to eat! 'Less they were soy weenies.
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#179408 - 10/03/08 04:08 PM Re: Lost in Translation [Re: Jackie]
BranShea Carpal Tunnel Registered: 06/23/06 Posts: 5249 Loc: Netherlands, the Hague	Had to look it up. Weenie roast 1. a cookout where roasted frankfurters are the main course; [syn: wiener roast, weenie roast] Wiener Schnitzels synonym to Frankfurter sausages.... yes, very lost in translation.
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#179409 - 10/03/08 05:10 PM Re: Lost in Translation [Re: BranShea]
zmjezhd Carpal Tunnel Registered: 08/13/05 Posts: 3269 Loc: R'lyeh	Wiener Schnitzels synonym to Frankfurter sausages Wienerschnitzel (Viennese cutlet) is a kind of breaded steak, and Wienerwürstchen (Viennese sausage, link) is a kind of sausage. In English you roast (braten) weenies (aka hot dogs) on a spit over an open fire. _________________________ Ceci n'est pas un seing.
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#179412 - 10/04/08 04:44 AM Re: Lost in Translation [Re: zmjezhd]
Zed Pooh-Bah Registered: 08/27/02 Posts: 2154 Loc: British Columbia, Canada	On a spit??? Oooh, how classy can you get? we used peeled sharpened sticks, or for fancy occasions a straightened out wire hangar.
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#179415 - 10/04/08 11:03 AM Re: Lost in Translation [Re: Zed]
zmjezhd Carpal Tunnel Registered: 08/13/05 Posts: 3269 Loc: R'lyeh	On a spit??? Oooh, how classy can you get? Spit, skewer, pointy stick, maybe even a spindle, could all be used to skewer a hot dog or a marshmallow. I've heard tell of folks using forks over a gas burner to roast the latter treat. Hmm, kebab, satay, souvlaki, brouchette, sashlik, yakitori, hmm, etc. I do remember eating spaghetti bolagnese at a picnic with improvised chopsticks fashioned from twigs when the utensils person forgot the plastic sporks. Folks snickered, but soon switched over or forewent the pasta. _________________________ Ceci n'est pas un seing.
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#179416 - 10/04/08 05:02 PM Re: Lost in Translation [Re: zmjezhd]
Jackie Carpal Tunnel Registered: 03/15/00 Posts: 11579 Loc: Louisville, Kentucky	kebab, satay, souvlaki, brouchette, sashlik, yakitori Uhh--Arabic, India (no idea which language, or even if I guessed the right country), Greek, French, ???, and Japanese?
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