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#179151 - 09/18/08 03:43 PM Re: Lost in Translation [Re: wsieber]
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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!
#179363 - 09/30/08 04:46 PM Re: Lost in Translation [Re: Fauve]
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GA Es ist mir alles Wurst! Sounds like a German vegetarian at a weenie roast.
#179369 - 10/01/08 02:35 AM Re: Lost in Translation [Re: fit to be tied]
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Louisville, Kentucky Sounds like a German vegetarian at a weenie roast. So does your name! Welcome aBoard!
#179386 - 10/02/08 02:15 AM Re: Lost in Translation [Re: Jackie]
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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.
#179387 - 10/02/08 02:36 AM Re: Lost in Translation [Re: Alex Williams]
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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.
#179408 - 10/03/08 08:08 PM Re: Lost in Translation [Re: Jackie]
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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.
#179409 - 10/03/08 09:10 PM Re: Lost in Translation [Re: BranShea]
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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.
#179412 - 10/04/08 08:44 AM Re: Lost in Translation [Re: zmjezhd]
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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.
#179415 - 10/04/08 03:03 PM Re: Lost in Translation [Re: Zed]
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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.
#179416 - 10/04/08 09:02 PM Re: Lost in Translation [Re: zmjezhd]
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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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