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German Yammering
There are lots of synonyms and near synonyms of “to yammer”. One of them is “to nag”. The same in German, many of them wonderfully onomatopoeic: jammern, wimmern, motzen, (weh)klagen.
German car number plates from Nürnberg and Kaiserslautern come in handy for an illustration.
Getting a Basket
Debbie had an odd square today about what it means if your potential in-laws present you with a pumpkin. It reminded me of an expression we use in Germany: giving someone a basket or, on the receiving end, getting a basket. It’s the equivalent of getting told “Thanks, but no thanks” in the dating world. Usually it’s the man who gets the basket, i.e. he is rejected.
What makes this photo odd? A bright pink shopping basket in the middle of the woods? What’s not odd about it?
Henry, on the other hand, is quite partial to getting a basket even if he has to claim the wastepaper one.
In case you were wondering, it’s called “einen Korb kriegen” in German.
A Formidable Opponent
The Ragtag Daily Prompt: Nemesis
What a choice!
First it goes
and then it goes
These are German registration plates. The people from the district Darmstadt-Dieburg have the choice between DI or DA for their first letters.
Linked to the Ragtag Daily Prompt: Darkness.
Say it with a number plate
German car registration plates sometimes spell words. The first letters indicate the area where a car is from, the next one or two are random (but these days you can pick them as well.
Linked to the Ragtag Daily Prompt: Sway.
Distant in three stages
Head – ship – mountain
And just because it fits another car registration plate from Frankfurt. I guess this Beamer will go far in life.
Linked to Friday Fun: distant.
Say it with signs
Car number plates are signs and in Germany they (sometimes) make words. I’ve been collecting them and here are all words I found on cars from F for Frankfurt.
I want to stay
now with the
season approaching. I think I can
this by dressing warmly.
I hope I won’t look too
wearing my fake
This should go
to letting me feel and look
For A Photo a Week: Signs. Check out more signs here.
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