Comments on: Foggy Friday http://chilco.textdrive.com/~dmahugh/2006/09/29/foggy-friday/ Wed, 03 Dec 2008 03:45:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: Lynn http://chilco.textdrive.com/~dmahugh/2006/09/29/foggy-friday/#comment-3194 Lynn Thu, 05 Oct 2006 00:16:30 +0000 http://chilco.textdrive.com/~dmahugh/2006/09/29/foggy-friday/#comment-3194 My first impression of the cleanliness of Germany was in the Munich airport. The toilets were cleaner than my mother's. Each stall had its own scrub brush. My other clean experience was on the train. I rested my shoeless feet on the seat across from me. The train matron came up to me and pushed my feet to the floor, scolded me in German and handed me a wisp broom and motioned me to clean off the seat. My first impression of the cleanliness of Germany was in the Munich airport. The toilets were cleaner than my mother’s. Each stall had its own scrub brush. My other clean experience was on the train. I rested my shoeless feet on the seat across from me. The train matron came up to me and pushed my feet to the floor, scolded me in German and handed me a wisp broom and motioned me to clean off the seat.

]]> By: Doug http://chilco.textdrive.com/~dmahugh/2006/09/29/foggy-friday/#comment-3117 Doug Fri, 29 Sep 2006 21:13:24 +0000 http://chilco.textdrive.com/~dmahugh/2006/09/29/foggy-friday/#comment-3117 Hey, that's great stuff, George! Too bad I'm leaving in the morning, but I intend to impress the girls at the front desk with my sudden command of the language. Just got back from Octoberfest. Time to upload a bunch of pictures and a story or two ... Hey, that’s great stuff, George! Too bad I’m leaving in the morning, but I intend to impress the girls at the front desk with my sudden command of the language.

Just got back from Octoberfest. Time to upload a bunch of pictures and a story or two …

]]> By: George Siede http://chilco.textdrive.com/~dmahugh/2006/09/29/foggy-friday/#comment-3109 George Siede Fri, 29 Sep 2006 15:08:57 +0000 http://chilco.textdrive.com/~dmahugh/2006/09/29/foggy-friday/#comment-3109 Well mein herr, You must not have seen Cabaret. But now that you have the bathroom figured out (dame and herr). Here's a phrase every helpful German likes to hear... Saying "Thank you" To say "thank you" in German, the simple word Danke will do the job. However, as in English, there are many variations and styles of expressing thanks in German. Here is a look at ten ways to say "thank you" - plus some related German words and expressions for expressing your gratitude. (Note: The pronunciations indicated below are only approximate. 1. Danke! (DAHNK-uh) Thanks! Thank you. (also "No thanks" - See note below) Hear it! 2. Danke schön! (DAHNK-uh shoon) Thank you! Hear it! 3. Tausend Dank! (TAU-zent DAHNK) A thousand thanks! Thanks very much! 4. Danke vielmals! (DAHNK-uh FEEL-malls) Many thanks! 5. Recht schönen Dank! (RECHT shoon-en DAHNK) Many thanks! 6. Ich danke Ihnen/dir! (eech DAHNK-uh EEH-nun / DEAR) I thank you! 7. Ich bin (Ihnen/dir) sehr dankbar für... (eek bin DAHNK-bar fe-ur) I'm very grateful (to you) for... 8. Haben Sie vielen Dank! (HAH-ben zee FEEL-en DAHNK) Many thanks! 9. Vielen Dank! (FEEL-en DAHNK) Many thanks! Hear it! 10. Mit tiefer Dankbarkeit! (MITT TEEF-er DAHNK-bar-kite) With deep gratitude! Just watch out when you come out of that lady's loo if someone smiles at you wistfully and says "Ich mag Ihr leiderhosen" If you get in a bind try http://babelfish.altavista.com/tr adiós vaqueros! I'll be seein' ya wranglers. Xorge Well mein herr,

You must not have seen Cabaret. But now that you have the bathroom figured out (dame and herr). Here’s a phrase every helpful German likes to hear…

Saying “Thank you”
To say “thank you” in German, the simple word Danke will do the job. However, as in English, there are many variations and styles of expressing thanks in German. Here is a look at ten ways to say “thank you” - plus some related German words and expressions for expressing your gratitude. (Note: The pronunciations indicated below are only approximate.

1. Danke! (DAHNK-uh) Thanks! Thank you.
(also “No thanks” - See note below) Hear it!
2. Danke schön! (DAHNK-uh shoon) Thank you! Hear it!
3. Tausend Dank! (TAU-zent DAHNK) A thousand thanks! Thanks very much!
4. Danke vielmals! (DAHNK-uh FEEL-malls) Many thanks!
5. Recht schönen Dank! (RECHT shoon-en DAHNK) Many thanks!
6. Ich danke Ihnen/dir! (eech DAHNK-uh EEH-nun / DEAR) I thank you!
7. Ich bin (Ihnen/dir) sehr dankbar für… (eek bin DAHNK-bar fe-ur) I’m very grateful (to you) for…
8. Haben Sie vielen Dank! (HAH-ben zee FEEL-en DAHNK) Many thanks!
9. Vielen Dank! (FEEL-en DAHNK) Many thanks! Hear it!
10. Mit tiefer Dankbarkeit! (MITT TEEF-er DAHNK-bar-kite) With deep gratitude!

Just watch out when you come out of that lady’s loo if someone smiles at you wistfully and says “Ich mag Ihr leiderhosen”

If you get in a bind try http://babelfish.altavista.com/tr

adiós vaqueros!
I’ll be seein’ ya wranglers.

Xorge

]]> By: Scott http://chilco.textdrive.com/~dmahugh/2006/09/29/foggy-friday/#comment-3108 Scott Fri, 29 Sep 2006 15:07:56 +0000 http://chilco.textdrive.com/~dmahugh/2006/09/29/foggy-friday/#comment-3108 You'll have to compare notes with Larisa. She arrives home tomorrow evening after a little more than a week touring various parts of Germany and Austria. Looks like it's a great trip! sp You’ll have to compare notes with Larisa. She arrives home tomorrow evening after a little more than a week touring various parts of Germany and Austria.

Looks like it’s a great trip!

sp

]]> By: Mom http://chilco.textdrive.com/~dmahugh/2006/09/29/foggy-friday/#comment-3107 Mom Fri, 29 Sep 2006 13:06:20 +0000 http://chilco.textdrive.com/~dmahugh/2006/09/29/foggy-friday/#comment-3107 Doug, I enjoyed the pictures. The Germans are very clean--and I always thought the Swiss were, too. You don't see garbage laying around in either country. My first view of snow being piled up on fence posts was in Bozeman, Montana. Bozeman was in a valley and every once in awhile it would snow without any wind; and those times the snow would pile up 4 0r 5 inches and look like thick white frosting on everything. Mom Doug,

I enjoyed the pictures. The Germans are very clean–and I always thought the Swiss were, too. You don’t see garbage laying around in either country.

My first view of snow being piled up on fence posts was in Bozeman, Montana. Bozeman was in a valley and every once in awhile it would snow without any wind; and those times the snow would pile up 4 0r 5 inches and look like thick white frosting on everything. Mom

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