tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5387352645682544869.post2557750646607413361..comments2023-05-29T14:49:26.349+02:00Comments on Travels without my spaniel: Auf Deutshe, bittepinolonahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00473418753213565601noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5387352645682544869.post-48801636411200616982008-08-15T10:20:00.000+02:002008-08-15T10:20:00.000+02:00and don't think that just cos you write in Polish ...and don't think that just cos you write in Polish I don't know what you're saying... Deutsch is not one of my specialities... but I hear you...pinolonahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00473418753213565601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5387352645682544869.post-18089128400689055232008-08-15T00:42:00.000+02:002008-08-15T00:42:00.000+02:00Skoro masz do czynienia zawodowo z językami, powin...Skoro masz do czynienia zawodowo z językami, powinnaś przynajmniej tytuł posta napisać poprawnie. :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5387352645682544869.post-86409223988419020032008-08-13T12:42:00.000+02:002008-08-13T12:42:00.000+02:00Anonymous: all right all right (nobody likes a sma...Anonymous: all right all right (nobody likes a smartypants)...<BR/><BR/>Tom: Polish is a great language and it's much more fun than German! (although German has a certain comedy value). Plus you get to pronounce all the consonants. What other language gives you that, hmm? Polish: more consonants for your money!<BR/><BR/>Pogadajmy po polsku!pinolonahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00473418753213565601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5387352645682544869.post-25109251899523166122008-08-11T17:58:00.000+02:002008-08-11T17:58:00.000+02:00scatts is right: german is easier than polish. in ...scatts is right: german is easier than polish. in my opinion, it's also a lot more fun. well, actually, it's fun and polish hurts me. <BR/>have fun! Viel Spaß!<BR/>tomAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5387352645682544869.post-63199662925840742522008-08-11T01:53:00.000+02:002008-08-11T01:53:00.000+02:00Well, somehow I love to nitpick, so here I go: the...Well, somehow I love to nitpick, so here I go: the title should be <I>Auf Deutsch, bitte</I>.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5387352645682544869.post-13083749781887763182008-08-07T19:27:00.000+02:002008-08-07T19:27:00.000+02:00Hi Scatts,How's it going? I was volunteering for a...Hi Scatts,<BR/><BR/>How's it going? <BR/>I was volunteering for anti-globalists in Germany (all in the name of work experience - I haven't suddenly decided to kick off the revolution). I'm back with Giles and Annabel and Co in Sevenoaks now. I suspect German is easier than Polish but I found it very hard not to use Polish phrases at the station etc. But I do like the accent. There's nothing quite so much fun as spouting a bit of pidgin Deutsche with a good fake-German accent, alles klar!!<BR/><BR/>I'm trying to work out how I can live in three countries at once too, basically cos I want to go back to Poland and not pay the ZUS (oops, no-one heard that...). What were you doing in Germany? Any tips on the lingo?<BR/><BR/>Becca: I think I had helle (light??) weissbier. I didn't realise there were so many types to try. Damn it, I'll have to go back...pinolonahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00473418753213565601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5387352645682544869.post-22459038349502413322008-08-07T17:13:00.000+02:002008-08-07T17:13:00.000+02:00Pino, so, what are you doing in sunny Deutschland?...Pino, so, what are you doing in sunny Deutschland? <BR/><BR/>I "lived" in Germany for two years a while back. I use the term loosely because I was also "living" in the UK and France at the same time but Germany was the biggest concentration of time and effort. I had an apartment in Munich, Augustenstrasse if I remember correctly but also spent a fair bit of time in Berlin, which I preferred. <BR/><BR/>I found German a fair bit easier than Polish.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5387352645682544869.post-54869057519954137342008-08-05T15:32:00.000+02:002008-08-05T15:32:00.000+02:00The thing about weissbier is that you have to deci...The thing about weissbier is that you have to decide whether you want kristall, hefe (my fave) or dunkel. Or all three.Beccahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14725974012003484627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5387352645682544869.post-18675164986284135372008-08-05T14:41:00.000+02:002008-08-05T14:41:00.000+02:00Aidan! You've come out as a pino reader!! I'd love...Aidan! You've come out as a pino reader!! I'd love to say I'm an avid reader of your blog, but you'd know I was fibbing due to my lack of even the most basic comprehension of philosophy. I did try...<BR/><BR/>Becca: you're so right. Yummy. <BR/><BR/>Actually the real reason for getting a phrase book is so you can giggle with your German friends over the 'Romance' section. ('Sie sind sehr attraktiv. Lassen Sie uns an einen ruhigeren Ort gehen...')<BR/>Otherwise, it's of very little use: everyone knows that backpackers and travellers in general communicate in the international burble of Engrish. I feel an awantura coming on...pinolonahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00473418753213565601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5387352645682544869.post-12319950705811493532008-08-04T20:58:00.000+02:002008-08-04T20:58:00.000+02:00That's true, but I think their thought was that wh...That's true, but I think their thought was that while some people might need the former phrase (though obviously not me), nobody is going to need to thumb through a phrasebook looking for "I am pig". Though Germany is a strange (though wonderful) place, so you never know.<BR/><BR/>It all reminds me of the Hungarian phrasebook from Monty Python: "I will not buy this tobacconist - it is scratched".Aidanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16164506970522004673noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5387352645682544869.post-71101647447537036512008-08-04T20:16:00.000+02:002008-08-04T20:16:00.000+02:00Forget all the rest 'ein weissbier bitte' is all y...Forget all the rest 'ein weissbier bitte' is all you need. Mmmm.<BR/><BR/>Aidan, a guy saying he was pregnant might have resulted in even more discussion than a guy saying he was a pig...Beccahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14725974012003484627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5387352645682544869.post-75140472272665827532008-08-04T19:02:00.000+02:002008-08-04T19:02:00.000+02:00I went to Munich for two weeks as a teenager armed...I went to Munich for two weeks as a teenager armed only with the phrase "Ich bin schwanger", which was all that had stuck from a phrasebook my parents had bought me. I was living with Katrin, my exchange partner, and her family, and one evening Katrin decided I had to perform my one phrase, which she explained to her family I'd learned from the phrasebook. I duly did my turn, which immediately sparked a 15 minute long discussion between the various family members. Afterwards Katrin explained to me that they all thought I said "Ich bin Schwein", and that the discussion had mostly consisted of expressions of concern about the contents of the German phrase-books available in Scotland...Aidanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16164506970522004673noreply@blogger.com