Comments on: Ass antlers, ear worms, and other problems Germans have

By: Christina G

Christina G — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 13:58:42 +0000

Sorry I’m so late in commenting, I’ve been working on my blog (and taking care of a baby!). But, congratulations on the move, maybe we can meet up sometime now that you’ll only be 1.5 hours away!

Also, our landlord moved the satellite so we could get more English channels (very nice of him), but now the German channels are coming off a Swiss satellite so we get the Swiss commercials. I cannot understand anything these people are saying! Plus the Swiss have a really strange sense of humor. I totally understand why you’re glad to be moving to Germany!

By: Symone

Symone — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 10:23:09 +0000

hey, I was just surfing by and wanted to say HELLO! funny blog…CHEERS, from Dublin..its wonderful over here…

By: Roam2Rome

Roam2Rome — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 03:27:45 +0000

Yes, congrats on your move! But hey! That video was in English! Well, thank goodness so I could understand it

By: Buda Baby

Buda Baby — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 15:59:01 +0000

Hungarians also have a phrase meaning the same as Schadenfreude. Took a gander at wikipedia and it turns out a lot of languages have a word for this! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schadenfreude

I love Kabelsalat as well. Around my house I call it “pick that sh*t up before I yank it out of the wall and hack it to pieces.” When we moved, I literally found one garbage bags and two boxes full of cables and other odds and ends stashed away in the office. Why geeks hang onto this stuff, I will never know!

By: Kristie

Kristie — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 14:06:48 +0000

Congrats on going back to Germany. I have only been there once for a few days, but it was nice. I am going back to Norway on Wednesday!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 01:05:19 +0000

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_English_words_of_German_origin
nice list

By: CanadianSwiss

CanadianSwiss — Sun, 28 Oct 2007 14:08:23 +0000

Congratulations to your move to Munich… a lovely region! Kabelsalat one of my favourites, too, but I also like “Handschuh” and “Zahnfleisch”. LOL!

By: Gar

Gar — Sat, 27 Oct 2007 21:16:09 +0000

Here in the US South Arschgeweih are known as Tramp Stamps. Not as descriptive as ass antlers, but still pretty good.
How do the Germans come up with a neat sounding word like Schadenfreude and have it mean something so nasty?
Kabelsalat has got to be the best, all we nees is a Kabeldressing and we would have a nice Julie like lunch.