I've heard them say "was" like "voss". that sort of thing. One of these days,I'll learn the language of my sirname. Pop's side is from upper bavaria in this medium size town the wall ran through the middle of.
unionrdr said:I've heard them say "was" like "voss". that sort of thing. One of these days,I'll learn the language of my sirname. Pop's side is from upper bavaria in this medium size town the wall ran through the middle of.
Haha, man (said playfully)
No German would say saugt to describe something. It is a verb, not an adjective. The infinitive is saugen and means to suck. Suck like a vacuum cleaner sucks up dirt.
Also, the Wie would be short for "Wie, bitte?" And would mean something like "how can you say something like that?!?!" in that context.
Not calling you out so don't take offense
Some earlier posters have tried calling people out but were also wrong. I don't like that
Cathedral said:No offense taken. I'm not by any means fluent in German so I looked up the "Bier saugt" line just for something to use as an example. Thanks for explaining the "Wie" part; just goes to show how words, concepts, and idioms don't usually translate, which is the point of this whole thread, isn't it?
Haha. The dialect in Bavaria is hard to understand. One of my friends said that he cannot understand what they say. AND HE IS GERMAN!!!
unionrdr said:Oh goody...this ought to be fun...
Yooper said:Well, if you could give a better word for krausen than that, it would be useful. The thing is, vorlauf, lauter and krausen really have no single word synonyms to use. One word totally describes exactly what you mean.
Other hobbies have specialized words, too. SCUBA, sailing, backpacking, etc- they all use words maybe not in the common vernacular. I don't sail, but I have friends who talk about "jibs", "masts", etc. I'm sure they could say "the triangle triangular staysail that sets ahead of the foremast" for "jib" but that would really be silly if they meant "jib" all along.
Krausen is just krausen. But you can call it "the foamy head on the beer comprised of yeast and proteins during fermentation" if the word krausen is bothersome.
German is a very commanding language. I think it only fits for a very demanding hobby.
Last night I ate some thin noodles covered with tomato sauce and Italian herbs, it was excellent. I followed it up with a thin layer of dough, covered in tomato sauce and cheese, with that long skinny dried italian meat. Also excellent. Washed it all down with a fermented beverage made from barley, hops, water, and yeast!
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