tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6094192455188817050.post5564511777264548387..comments2024-01-18T12:15:22.642+01:00Comments on Around the Wherever: When learning German gets realaroundthehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06055653945403820182noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6094192455188817050.post-60996702350608524122015-08-22T18:20:35.986+02:002015-08-22T18:20:35.986+02:00I'm not sure if all-out schimpf mode works in ...I'm not sure if all-out schimpf mode works in a foreign language, no matter how fluent you are. I know with me, as soon as things get emotional, I'm back to English.<br /><br />Yeah, the blocking exits thing is an epidemic at our grocery store. I usually just slap on my fake American smile and say "'Tschuldigung!" <br /><br />Well you are just throwing caution to the wind, aren't you? Good that you don't do it in front of kids. I don't either, but then I'm so blinking patient I even wait when I don't see kids. There's only one place where I do cross on red, and that's at the ridiculous new Esslingen Bahnhofplatz. Only buses pass right in front of the Bahnhof, and I am pretty confident I would see whether a bus is coming or not. Some people skydive, I cross on red at the Bahnhofplatz. To each her own. :-)Ami im Schwabenlandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13148291164062226269noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6094192455188817050.post-37980083871444083812015-08-21T09:26:07.536+02:002015-08-21T09:26:07.536+02:00Oh, I love the mastery of schimpfen and Sarkasmus!...Oh, I love the mastery of schimpfen and Sarkasmus! Hehe! I have to say, though, that such behavior (blocking the way for everyone) is really obnoxious. They probably didn't even think of it, but they could work on being a little more considerate of others. <br /><br />I cross at red all the time. Sometimes some Germans join me. However, I don't do it in front of children. I do have *some* standards ;-) <br /><br />It is my goal to someday be fluent enough to go in all-out schimpf mode. Until then, back to the books...and this time they'll actually help!aroundthehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06055653945403820182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6094192455188817050.post-40896255117652236252015-08-21T08:30:37.542+02:002015-08-21T08:30:37.542+02:00Ha! Let us know when you get to the sarcastic reto...Ha! Let us know when you get to the sarcastic retorts chapter! Of course you don't get schimpfed for crossing at a red pedestrian light. You don't DO that, do you?!? :-) I haven't been schimpfed either, but I have witnessed Germans going off on each other (always using the formal, "Sie" or "You, Sir", though!) My favorite was when two couples with carts were standing and chatting at the entrance/exit of the grocery store - seriously blocking the entire doorway - and a man trying to get out said, "Sie stehen ideal dort." - that's schimpfen and sarcasm in one short sentence! ("You're standing in the perfect spot there.") Ami im Schwabenlandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13148291164062226269noreply@blogger.com