
they make me laugh so.
speaking of small things, mini threadjack, can anyone speak fluent german here? i need a bit of help.
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Tue 22 Jul 2003, 13:29,
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speaking of small things, mini threadjack, can anyone speak fluent german here? i need a bit of help.

But he's not here, nor will he ever be...he doesn't like Computers.
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a bit of a shame, i couldnt believe my luck when i got called by my agency and they have a job for me that pays £25 an hour as a linguist. mere problem is i am only very good in german, not fluent. need to know names of computer hardware in german.
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Tue 22 Jul 2003, 13:33,
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and see what they call each bit?
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Tue 22 Jul 2003, 13:35,
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when you cant even spell Linguist?
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Tue 22 Jul 2003, 13:36,
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my sentiments exactly :D
if i get it, I will be luckiest person alive, i have worked out that on a full 9-5 5 day week of being there i would be bringing home 1000 a week, that is alot. i'm praying the gods shall help me (and i'm not religious)
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if i get it, I will be luckiest person alive, i have worked out that on a full 9-5 5 day week of being there i would be bringing home 1000 a week, that is alot. i'm praying the gods shall help me (and i'm not religious)

that most 'computer/hardware' type words were pretty similar?
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Tue 22 Jul 2003, 13:37,
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RAM - RAM
Memory - Memory
Megabyte - Megabyte
Gigabyte - Gigabyte
but then some aren't...
Hard Drive - Fest Platte
Speakers - Laut Sprecher
Monitor - Bildschurm
s'all a bit confusing.
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Tue 22 Jul 2003, 13:41,
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Memory - Memory
Megabyte - Megabyte
Gigabyte - Gigabyte
but then some aren't...
Hard Drive - Fest Platte
Speakers - Laut Sprecher
Monitor - Bildschurm
s'all a bit confusing.

how is the literal translation of loud speaker confusing? ;¬)
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Tue 22 Jul 2003, 13:44,
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i am good in german, i lived there till i was 6 :)
just computers werent very popular when i was 6 in households... so i never learnt the computer words.
loud speakers however were around in them days :D
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Tue 22 Jul 2003, 13:47,
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just computers werent very popular when i was 6 in households... so i never learnt the computer words.
loud speakers however were around in them days :D

He will have to use one then surely?
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Tue 22 Jul 2003, 13:32,
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All hand written on legal paper then some fancy monkeys typed it out for him correcting his REALLY bad spelling and stuff.
He's wrote an autobiography, a follow on from the autobiography which was more of a book on wrestling, a childrens christmas book, and a new one that I don't know what it's about yet!
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Tue 22 Jul 2003, 13:38,
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He's wrote an autobiography, a follow on from the autobiography which was more of a book on wrestling, a childrens christmas book, and a new one that I don't know what it's about yet!

do you have them? I've read the first one, I wanna read the second.
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Tue 22 Jul 2003, 13:42,
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When I have money, I'll just HAVE to get the other two
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a mate of mine in Nailsea getting his old fella pierced...
Someone shouted out "that looks like a penis, only smaller"
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Tue 22 Jul 2003, 13:31,
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Someone shouted out "that looks like a penis, only smaller"

to get into the circus?
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Tue 22 Jul 2003, 13:41,
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the only time he had 12 E's was in his GCSE results
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Tue 22 Jul 2003, 13:45,
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name gives away the fact you can speak fluent German... errr. Dutch, I meant Dutch...
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Tue 22 Jul 2003, 13:33,
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as you sleep frog style. Perhaps with your legs akimbo...
frogive me... Errm, I mean forgive me
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Tue 22 Jul 2003, 13:40,
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frogive me... Errm, I mean forgive me

(all I can think of now is spawn... must clean out mind!)
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[Six glasses of bitter, and quickly please the world's about to end]
But no, other than a few HHG quotes my German sucks.
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Tue 22 Jul 2003, 13:35,
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But no, other than a few HHG quotes my German sucks.

"Let me use your room and you can watch me piece a body part of your choice!"
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