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November 29, 2004

Unlängst, bei der Oma

Much of what happens on this blog happens originally in German and gets translated. This scene, however, just doesn't translate. Sorry if you don't speak German.

Sonntag. Mittagessen bei der Oma: Eintropfsuppe, Bioschnitzel, Erdäpfelsalat, grüner Salat.
Beta: Die Franzosen sind so grindig.
Alpha: Das ist rassistisch. Und ausserdem: dein Austauschschülerinfoblatt hat gesagt, sie duschen sich zweimal am Tag.
Beta: Ich meine früher. Die haben sich am Hof gar nicht gewaschen, nur gepudert und mit Parfum getränkt. Urgrindig!
Oma: [Ziemlich steinerne Miene] Bitte. Verwende dieses Wort nicht beim Mittagessen.
Mig: Welches Wort, denn? "Pudern"?
Oma: [Zum ersten Mal im Leben sprachlos]
Alpha: [Ebenfalls]
Beta: [Augen leuchten] Schau, gleich kommt Erdäpfelsalat Mama aus der Nase.

Had to be there, I guess. (Any German-language mistakes are my own.)

Posted at November 29, 2004 09:45 AM
Comments

directly comes earth apple salad from the nose!

Posted by: anne at November 29, 2004 11:21 AM

*hihihihiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii* (Not English "Hi", but German "hihi")
You've made my shitty day.

Posted by: novala at November 29, 2004 12:52 PM

Übrigens: Das mit dem "Pudern" gibt's auch nur hier in A. Deshalb heißt der Puderzucker hier auch Staubzucker. Glaub ich.

Noch was: Eintopf - nicht Eintropf. Eintropfsuppe möcht ich nicht erleben.

Posted by: novala at November 29, 2004 12:53 PM

*LOL* oder *Lächelt Aus Laut* :)

Posted by: joeri at November 29, 2004 12:53 PM

No, Eintropf is right. It is a clear, broth-type soup with a sort of batter dripped in, which produces sort of badly-made-dumpling-looking things. The MIL makes great soups.

Posted by: mig at November 29, 2004 02:05 PM

Wirklich? - von reintropfen inne Suppe?

Posted by: novala at November 29, 2004 07:21 PM

jep.

Posted by: mig at November 29, 2004 07:30 PM

I got Oma's last (non)statement--guess I'll have to find my dictionary for the rest!!

Posted by: sue at November 29, 2004 11:49 PM

Better get an Austrian-German dictionary too...

Hilarious.

Posted by: Horst at November 30, 2004 09:29 AM

and i was feeling guilty about not studying. miss having die Schwiegereltern, aber the wife was raised by rashneeshis...schade.

Posted by: r at November 30, 2004 09:31 AM

feck.
(I was supposed to be learning German in preparation for next year's visit. Better get on that. Hm.)

Posted by: Jessica at December 3, 2004 05:27 PM
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