Re^2: Chatterbox Linguistics

When you aren't used to it and are missing emotional indicators like facial expressions or hand gestures innocuous German conversations can be easily mistaken by an English ear for a very high tempered argument. When I first got here I thought Germans were always arguing with each other. The my ear acclimatised and now I know they argue in public no more than we do. :-)

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Re^3: Chatterbox Linguistics by anjoschu (Sexton) on Apr 15, 2005 at 09:45 UTC
That reminds me of the Simpsons Episode Lost our Lisa, where Lisa Simpson gets lost in the Russian district of Springfield: % Lisa walks around the Russian district of Springfield. She walks over to % two chess players. Lisa: Excuse me, could you tell me how to get to the museum? Man: (Shouting in Russian. Dialogue is translated at bottom of screen) My pleasure. It's six blocks that way. (Lisa runs away.) Man: (Shouting) Hey, she went the wrong way. Man 2: Checkmate. (the other man throws the chess board to the ground.) Man: (Shouting) Good game. How about another?	[reply]

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Re^3: Chatterbox Linguistics
by anjoschu (Sexton) on Apr 15, 2005 at 09:45 UTC

Lost our Lisa

% Lisa walks around the Russian district of Springfield. She walks over to
% two chess players.

 Lisa: Excuse me, could you tell me how to get to the museum?
  Man: (Shouting in Russian. Dialogue is translated at bottom of screen)
       My pleasure. It's six blocks that way. (Lisa runs away.)
  Man: (Shouting) Hey, she went the wrong way.
Man 2: Checkmate. (the other man throws the chess board to the ground.)
  Man: (Shouting) Good game. How about another?

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