liz

Language-teaching Germanist.

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@Lu_Honeychurch @yvanspijk Just to add, the use of Kuh is due to the fact that in German speaking countries, it is modestly about dairy. So farmers indeed have Kühe (because milk). If we are talking about a different context, Rund comes back. In Argentina it would be a ‚Rinderherde‘ not a Kuhherde…

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@AnnaMeierPS Pitch - sorry for the typo!

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@AnnaMeierPS My ouch is higher in English than in German (my mother tongue).I have always been aware of that and always thought it was part and parcel of speaking English really well (I have been based in the Uk for years).

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@UjuAnya That same person doubtlessly uses a foundation (chosen from a wide range) that matches her skin-tone. The mental gymnastics of racists…

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@MercanFalter Es bricht mir wirklich das Herz. Mein tiefes Beileid für Deinen Verlust!

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@ProfJamieC @johnjamesmunro @devisridhar @Dra_m_a I like the idea of apprenticing… on my first teaching job, I was just handed a book and given directions to the room!

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@derDude72 Meine Oma sagte auch Paraplü (ich weiß, schreibt man nicht so) und Kanapee. Bei Chaiselongue ist das Ding selten geworden, kommt mir vor…

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@BestofHep @derDude72 Erdäpfel ist in Teilen Österreichs standard, Paradeiser auch.

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@Lynn_Nothegger Deutungshoheit

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@Pifpof67 @Lynn_Nothegger @JanssenJess In Austria we have Fluchtachtl (last glass of wine before you leave)

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@jonathanbfine I once walked in on my students making fun of me, doing a fab imitation of my ‘Genau’. Until then I never realised how often I said it! :)

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@ElisaScotland An absolute classic! I once saw it in a cinema in Vienna that used to show it once a week (for all I know still does). Plus my brother rented a flat in a building where they filmed a scene (in the staircase)….

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@Donauschwalbe @buecherwurmloch Nicht das gleiche, sorry.

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@KenV54 @alixabeth When I was a student we always applauded at the end of the lecture - not clapping but knocking on the table. That was in Austria - not sure they still do it. I am now in the uk and my students say thank you if I am near the door or if they catch my eye.

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@CorinnePainter @germanatleeds @LCSLeeds Congratulations!

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@lbinyc @KeironPim ‘Regional author’ is a baffling description for a writer like Roth, who was anything but regional, and is considered to be one of the great authors of the 20th century in German.

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@FishMcFace @Richard_GP @wesstreeting The major difference is that there are more specialists outside the hospital so the GP is not functioning as a gatekeeper. People will often go to the regular go but pay privately to see a specialist (as there are longer waiting times for non private ones)…2/2

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@FishMcFace @Richard_GP @wesstreeting In Austria, you would usually go to the GP for your general health, but they will often refer you on to the specialists. You can also go to the specialist directly (they are not based in the hospital as a rule) but that is mostly done in cases when it is pretty clear. 1/2