some good news

[Joseph E. Smith]

Good job Cran!

[amar]

hast du gut gemacht cran, ich gratulier dir.

[emmline]

Hasta la bye-bye.

(I think the last line may be wrong.)

No, I'm sure that's right, except that you forgot "baby."

[Roger O'Keeffe]

Ausgezeichnet, liebe grossfrüchtige amerikanische Moosbeere, bzw. Kranbeere!

Mach weiter so!

[Flyingcursor]

Ausgezeichnet, liebe grossfrüchtige amerikanische Moosbeere, bzw. Kranbeere!

Mach weiter so!

Let Babel Fish translate this for us:

Distinguished, grossfruechtige American MOO berry, and/or crane berry loves! Mach further so!

That settles that.


Thanks to Schnappi I know a little German

Ich bin Schnappi das klein Krokodil

[Katta]

Thanks to Schnappi I know a little German

Ich bin Schnappi das klein Krokodil

No way, this "song" is actually known outside Germany?! Yak!
And I thought we could rely on Bach and Händel and have the world believe we have excellent musicians without the world ever knowing about songs like "Schnappi" (and the many, many other really horrible songs... ).

Anyway, herzlichen Glückwunsch, Cran!!

And no worries about that metric system - I can't say my hight in feet either.
And Germans are most likely to mix up 'become' and 'get' - Imagine hearing this all the time: "I can't wait to become my whistle."


Katta

[Flyingcursor]

Thanks to Schnappi I know a little German

Ich bin Schnappi das klein Krokodil

No way, this "song" is actually known outside Germany?! Yak!
And I thought we could rely on Bach and Händel and have the world believe we have excellent musicians without the world ever knowing about songs like "Schnappi" (and the many, many other really horrible songs... ).

Anyway, herzlichen Glückwunsch, Cran!!

And no worries about that metric system - I can't say my hight in feet either.
And Germans are most likely to mix up 'become' and 'get' - Imagine hearing this all the time: "I can't wait to become my whistle."

Katta

Hi Katta. Here's the original thread: http://chiffboard.mati.ca/viewtopic.php ... t=schnappi

Can you direct me to more horrid popular German music?

[Katta]

Oh oh, now I've started it (and I was so proud that I actually managed not to hear any of those horrible songs...).


But alright, I understand a desire to listen to weird songs
You might wanna try this site, I really don't know why, but this was a huge hit this past summer:
http://www.holzmichl.de/musik.html

But to save our reputation, we also do have good musicians:

"Glashaus" for example (if you scroll down a bit, there are sound samples):
http://www.amazon.de/exec/obidos/ASIN/B ... 75-9387764

or "Söhne Mannheims":
http://www.amazon.de/exec/obidos/ASIN/B ... 75-9387764

and we even have really good irish folk:
www.cara-music.com
(they even have an english version of their website)

Enjoy!

I hope I've redeemed our reputation a bit (and I hope that's the right verb...)

Katta

[Flyingcursor]

No need to feel ashamed. If you listened to "popular" music in the US you would know how bad it is here.

[peteinmn]

Der Mond, der Mond ist groß und rund
Er hat zwei Augen, eine Nase und Mund.

My moma used to say that when I was little. It's a silly little rhyme.

Congrats Cran, german is not easy even for someone who learned it as his first language as a kid.

[greenspiderweb]

The one German phrase that has stuck with me all these years sounds funnier than it looks written:

Haben Sie lange aufgeblieben? When you say it, it kind of all sticks together and sounds like one word, like farfegnugen. It just asks, did you stay up late last night?

But, my all time favorite, is Italian, and it goes: La spaccola facia! It doesn't sound as funny until you know that it means: I'll splatter your face! I believe it came from a line by Danny Devito in? Throw Mamma From the Train? or maybe not!. Anyway, it was spoken by Danny Devito.

[amar]

The one German phrase that has stuck with me all these years sounds funnier than it looks written:

Haben Sie lange aufgeblieben? When you say it, it kind of all sticks together and sounds like one word, like farfegnugen. It just asks, did you stay up late last night?

But, my all time favorite, is Italian, and it goes: La spaccola facia! It doesn't sound as funny until you know that it means: I'll splatter your face! I believe it came from a line by Danny Devito in? Throw Mamma From the Train? or maybe not!. Anyway, it was spoken by Danny Devito.

It's:
Sind Sie lange aufgeblieben?
I'm sorry for correcting you.

[greenspiderweb]

The one German phrase that has stuck with me all these years sounds funnier than it looks written:

Haben Sie lange aufgeblieben? When you say it, it kind of all sticks together and sounds like one word, like farfegnugen. It just asks, did you stay up late last night?

But, my all time favorite, is Italian, and it goes: La spaccola facia! It doesn't sound as funny until you know that it means: I'll splatter your face! I believe it came from a line by Danny Devito in? Throw Mamma From the Train? or maybe not!. Anyway, it was spoken by Danny Devito.

It's:
Sind Sie lange aufgeblieben?
I'm sorry for correcting you.

Yeah, sure, sure Amar! I know faux apologies when I read them!

Ok, so it's been awhile (about 35 years)! I stand corrected.

[jbarter]

I've missed class the entire last week (due to doctor's appointments and meetings with my counselor and advisor)

You forgot to put 'posting to C&F' on your list.