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Kinda story kinda question; mostly rambling:
My Opa (dad's dad) is from Germany; Eschborn, near Frankfurt), he moved to Australia when he was 19 and worked on the Nullabor Plains railway tracks. He met Nan, got citizenship here after Nan and him tried to live in Germany. Nan said she disliked it because she had to dry the clothes inside as it was too cold in Winter to hang them out haha.
Anyway, Opa, being born and raised in Germany, would use German sayings and idioms around his kids and us grandkids, especially when we were children. If we were all over the place, running around being menaces, he'd whistle one super fkn loud whistle and we'd all stop dead. He still does it when he wants our attention to take a photo haha! He also would herd us around saying "raus raus!" and it's so ingrained in me that I say it to the cat when it gets under my feet lol. I also say "danke schΓΆn" a lot IRL instead of "thank you"; it just sounds nicer to me heh.
So, I was wondering, are there any sayings you say often that are from another language? Like curses or exclamations? I'm tipsy and curious π
There's a podcast I listen to called "Grammar Girl" and she talks about Familects, which is dialogue your family speaks to one another. That's what I thought of when I read this story.
My family is very much Anglo-Australian, but my paternal side is from country Victoria so they have a lot of sayings my friends and even my partner have no idea what I'm saying. Like I'll say "time to hit the frog and toad", I know that it's a phrase that is used wildly, but it's one of those sort of things that you probably don't hear from someone in the city.
Cackling at Cheeto Benito's mugshot hahahaha
Edit: the gif responses on fauxmoi are sending me π
I've had some sad news today.
Vale EAL. Thank you.
Bray Wyatt :(
Rough week to be a wresting fan.
Has anyone got an oil spray bottle? Gimme a review please.
I am after a refillable oil spray bottle like this decor one but at $13 I want it to work. Big w and kmart have cheaper ones but again if it doesn't work properly it's a waste of money.
!Could someone tell me whether this comment works as a spoiler? My app updated, but the syntax seems different!<
Did that work?
Edit - it displays like this in my app....hmmmm
