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The only other really different word for a day I know is "After-meta" for Dienstag, which some old people around here use.
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Sereri posted:
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bronin posted:The only other really different word for a day I know is "After-meta" for Dienstag, which some old people around here use.
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Jul 26, 2011 17:23
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Southern Ostallgäu. And that's the word for Dienstag. The week goes like this: Meta(g) - Aftermeta(g) - Mickde - Donnschda - Freita(g) - Samsta(g) - Sonnta(g) I'm not too sure about the g's at the end though. bronin fucked around with this message at 17:55 on Jul 26, 2011 |
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Jul 26, 2011 17:52
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I love it when a plan comes together. 
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Jul 26, 2011 18:04
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bronin posted:Southern Ostallgäu. And that's the word for Dienstag. The week goes like this: I think it's cool if people make up words by the way, so I'm not thinking badly of her for it.
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Jul 26, 2011 18:43
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Yeah it sounds like your grandmother is full of poo poo, sorry bro
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Jul 26, 2011 18:52
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http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dienstag 
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Jul 26, 2011 18:59
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No, he is right about that. It's just that the word after in this specific meaning is incredibly outdated in German. IIRC after is a latin word that means about the same as the English after. The Anus is called After because, well, it's the behind. Here's some more information for people who dare to read Fraktur.
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Jul 26, 2011 19:01
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bronin posted:http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dienstag
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Jul 26, 2011 19:16
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flavor posted:You probably wrote that wikipedia entry yourself and... (okay I concede). Just goes to show that anything goes in language. Haha. The "boy" thing my grandma did is strange though. Wonder where she got that from...
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Jul 26, 2011 19:19
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Pff, real day names go like this: Mejda - Möreda - Mikda - Pfinzta - Frejda - Samsda - Sunnda A couple of kilometers south of my birthplace, "Aftermejda" is used as well, though. The story goes that the bishop of Augsburg didn't want to use the Germanic "Möreda" (or "Irda" in some regions) because it originally comes from some pagan God (Wikipedia says it was Mars) and so introduced the astonishingly creative "After-Monday", because "After" is, as Default Settings said, an old word for "Nach". In (very, very strong) dialect there exists also the adjective "aftern", meaning both "nachfolgend" (=following) and "minderwertig" (=worthless), with beautiful constructions like "a afterns Manndl" (ein schwachbrüstiges Mannlein, a weak man - pretty pejorative)  Concernig wheelbarrows: Personally I don't have any cool words besides the boring "Schubkarre", but in Austria they use the wonderful "Scheibtruach" (=Schieb-Truhe) 
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Jul 26, 2011 22:54
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bronin posted:Southern Ostallgäu. And that's the word for Dienstag. The week goes like this: Südbaden, Grenzregion zur Schweiz: Mäntig, Zi(e)schdig. Migdig, Dunschtig, Frytig, Samschtig, Suntig
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Jul 27, 2011 11:57
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I have my hotel set for opening day of Oktoberfest in Munich for 4 days. My business partner however only wants to catch the opening day and maybe the next in Munich and then head to Stuttgart for their fest. I know they have an Oktoberfest (as well as every other city in Germany) - but has anyone been? I know it isn't as big as Munich's but I assume it is less "international"?
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Square Pair posted:I know they have an Oktoberfest (as well as every other city in Germany) Excuse me!? I will have you know that this particular custom is exclusively of southern German origin.
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Square Pair posted:I have my hotel set for opening day of Oktoberfest in Munich for 4 days. My business partner however only wants to catch the opening day and maybe the next in Munich and then head to Stuttgart for their fest. I know they have an Oktoberfest (as well as every other city in Germany) - but has anyone been? I know it isn't as big as Munich's but I assume it is less "international"? Why would you go to Stuttgart for Oktoberfest?! 
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I also live 7~ minutes walking distance von der Wies'n 
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ArchangeI posted:Excuse me!? I will have you know that this particular custom is exclusively of southern German origin. A Bavarian? Well surely you realize that every German city TRIES to have their own version - just none can imitate a true Bavarian party. The next thing you'll say is that Lederhosen and the Dirndl is only worn in Bavaria and not the rest of Germany  Why Stuttgart? I asked the same thing but we have a meeting the week of the 19th there. My preference will be to stay as long as possible in Munich and catch the train really early in the morning the day of our meeting...
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Broken Dictionary posted:I also live 7~ minutes walking distance von der Wies'n
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Default Settings posted:So, do natives go to the Oktoberfest at all? Yes and no. Many people hate the Oktoberfest and many people love it.
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Jul 27, 2011 23:08
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I'm personally not a fan of it.
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Jul 27, 2011 23:14
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Stuhlmajor posted:I've come to the point where, when people ask me whether Oktoberfest is like its depiction in "Beerfest", I just say: "Yes, that is actually what it is. Oktoberfest is for tourists (Tossers and Sheepshaggers), if you're looking for an authentic, enjoyable "fest"-experience, go elsewhere." Head to the Cannstatter Volksfest in Stuttgart, less tourist, less security, more relaxed atmosphere with the same amount of beer. The fest starts around the same time as the Okotoberfest.
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My buddy and I are going to be in Munich and then Berlin Aug 19-28 and going on to Prague afterwards. Other than visiting museums/other big name things, we don't really have a solid idea. Love some suggestions of cool places/activities. Especially restaurants, beer garden/pub/bar and nightlife. Also, would you recommend reserving train tickets ahead of time or will it be cheaper buying day of with my Uni ID?
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Hit up the Hofbrauhause in Munich for some WWII history and some beer. Take a look at DeutscheBahn's website for rail ticket pricing (you can switch the language to English), sometimes they have tickets up for sale. I believe if you are a student you can get an open ticket for a decent price, but I am not 100% sure on that, something you will have to check on if that is the case. For folks in the Stuttgart area they will have their Sommerfest from the 4th through the 7th of August.
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Masturbatory Manatee posted:Berlin http://www.alternativeberlin.com/ I did the free tour and the pub crawl - both were pretty rad
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Jul 31, 2011 14:04
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The Wasn in Stuttgart is p cool but i've never been to the Wiesn so I don't know how it compares.
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niethan posted:The Wasn in Stuttgart is p cool but i've never been to the Wiesn so I don't know how it compares. I'd say they're both poo poo. (Never been to either)
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The Oktoberfest is pretty much a zoo where you go with the intention of experiencing german fest-culture. Except instead of actually experiencing german culture, you end up experiencing other cultures that are there to experience german culture. The first time I went there was 20 years ago with my family and I loved the rides, haunted houses, etc. I ended up loving it, but more like a fun park. So when I back there with my buddies for the authentic Oktoberfest experience (you know, heavy drinking to the point where you don't give a gently caress and sing the most ridiculous songs on tables, drinking some more, throwing up/falling asleep in public and getting in fights) when I was 16-17, it was something entirely different. The last time I went back was in 2008 I believe and it hat gotten even worse. Brutally overcrowded, your average Maß beer runs you about as much as a used car and is 20-40% foam, if you don't get up at 4 to catch a train at 5 to be there at 7 to get in line at 7 to wait 1-2 hours to get into a tent, you're hosed and after 6pm you're bound to end up in a fight/a puddle of someone else's puke or piss/a holding cell/etc. I may have grown up to be a bitter rear end in a top hat about the whole thing, but it's just not an enjoyable experience at all and I doubt it has been for a while. There are 2 reasons to go, one being the simple fact of being able to say "I was there" and the other being the ability to wear ridiculous outfits and getting absolutely hammered in them. And the latter is something that can be done at any number of other small local fests and will probably end up being cheaper/closer/more fun, albeit without the name recognition of Oktoberfest. (Oh god, I used the word "name recognition" outside D&D for the first time in what feels like a loving eternity) The Wasn is a lot better with regard to all the stuff that pisses me off about Oktoberfest, but I still consider it to be one of "the big ones". Not really a fan of huge gatherings of people. Duzzy Funlop fucked around with this message at 19:56 on Aug 1, 2011 |
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Are there any gimmicky bars (like the Absolute Icebar in Sweden, or the stock market exchange bar in Barcelona) in the Cologne and Dusseldorf area that is worth taking a friend visiting from the US to?
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Aug 1, 2011 20:13
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Düsseldorf has "die längste Theke der Welt". http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-9SFEon754 If you are looking for a gimmick like a stock exchange google Bierbörse. I don't know about Cologne and Düsseldorf, but if even Bielefeld has one surely those two should have one too.
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Oktoberfest really isn't what it used to be, it has changed for the worse during the past 10 years or so. The Historische Wiesn is supposed to be great though.
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I've traveled to the Weisn for the past couple of years and will be there this year as well. I agree with "Stuhlmajor" - there are more tourists at Oktoberfest than Germans - so much so that it is easy to forget you are actually in Germany. Especially in the Schottenheimer tent which is known as the 'international tent'. Someone should just hang the Australian flag on a pole outside. Regardless though it is still fun as hell and Munich is a fabulous city - just expensive as hell. Definitely reserve train tickets ahead of time - much cheaper than a last minute grab. The Hof Brau house is a big tourist spot, Marienplatz, Dachau (Concentration camp memorial) are easy Munich excursions or spots to visit. They have some beautiful churches there as well. Restaurants - my 1st thought is that I've never had a bad meal in Germany, especially in Bavaria. I don't know the name but the next street behind the Hilton City Center on RosenheimerStrasse is a really good (and popular) German restaurant. I'll try and dig up the name from the Wife's facebook.
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Thanks for the suggestions about berlin and munich. Are there any good websites for nightclubs, I'm looking for the kind which let me check out whats going on at clubs all around town. Google is failing me, I've only found this for Prague. Any city event guides would be helpful too. Alternately, any suggestions on fun nightclubs for my buddy and I to go to? We're 20something graduate students (so we should fit right in in Berlin) and he likes electronic/trance/DJ stuff which I can put up with, I'm more into heavy metal.
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Not exactly an expert on electro, trance et al, but if you guys happen to find yourself in Friedrichshain, there are a couple of locations that would fit your friends and all are well within a 5min walk of eachother:
I decided to go with the locations in Friedrichshain, because if you decide to tell your friends to go gently caress themselves at any point, you're pretty close to a clustering of rock/metal bars I've been to, namely:
Hope this helps. Also: If your visit happens to coincide with one of those industrial events at K17, run like gently caress, because the pregame-postgame stuff usually fans out in the surrounding metal bars and...Jesus Christ...I mean, I'm tolerant and pretty chill, but Jesus Christ. Duzzy Funlop fucked around with this message at 07:12 on Aug 2, 2011 |
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^^^^As far as I know the Jailbreak closed shop a while ago and there is a massive figure of a leather-clad biker in front of the Halford for a reason (remember the stereotype of gay bikers with mustaches? Halford himself shaped it), don't go there with girls unless you want to feel really uncomfortable (not because "Ew gay people" but because people will actively stare you down with a rather hostile look.) Also you have a truly terrible taste in clubs, except for maybe the Lauschangriff and the K-17, the rest are the absolute worst berlin has to offer (unless you count poo poo like the Kontrast in the outskirts of the city), even if you don't go there yourself you should feel ashamed for mentioning them. Masturbatory Manatee posted:Thanks for the suggestions about berlin and munich. The 030 has a nice overview of the biggest clubs in Berlin and what is happening there, pick a date and click on "Party finden". The Watergate and the RAW-Tempel seem to be rather popular with the electro-kids nowadays since they have renowned DJs on a regular basis. hankor fucked around with this message at 10:50 on Aug 2, 2011 |
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Yeah, apparently i forgot to state how much I dislike clubs after saying I was "not exactly an expert on electro, trance et al". I haven't been to a single of the non-rock places I listed, save for the Lauschangriff. I chose them for their location in Friedrichshain, where I know a couple of rock places he could have alternately gone to. On a related matter, it seems Halford also closed down a little over 2 weeks ago, so I'm poo poo out of advice.
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Just go to the Berghain.
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Just go to an Irish Pub and get drunk. gently caress this dancing to bad music poo poo
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Irish pubs are lame as hell. They're the McDonalds of the pub scene. At least try and go into a random Eckkneipe. You can get loving hammered there for about 10-20 bucks.
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In Munich they have a club 'area' with multiple bars called kunstpark. Some of the bars there seemed to be some younger teenagers in but a lot of 20ish crowd as well. Different music in each of the clubs and it is easy access to the subway. To be honest though, I have a hard time in Europe at the clubs gauging age. It's not like the US where if she has a drink there is a 98% chance she is 21 or over. so just keep that in mind. Edit: nevermind - it looks like that club area was closed down. Square Pair fucked around with this message at 23:11 on Aug 2, 2011 |
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