Yeah, I knew Kugel, but oh! Now I remember, last time I wanted to get ice cream I wanted it in a cup, for my mom, and I was all, it can't be Tasse, what IS it? And I don't remember now. An amusing thing is that my family says 'einmal [thing]' when ordering food, and I've had a teacher even go 'huh? That can't be right!' It may be regional, but I swear I, with my half-assed accent and all, get treated as if I can speak the language approximately as well as whomever I'm speaking to when I use it. Like, in this endless ice cream anecdote, I asked for my own einmal banane eis, bitte, first, and the dude went off to get it and the other guy at the counter made some wisecrack to me I had no hope of following. It was sort of flattering, but it's also a little sad that I had to disillusion the poor guy. No, sorry, I'm actually quite lame, sir!
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Date: 2006-04-15 08:39 pm (UTC)An amusing thing is that my family says 'einmal [thing]' when ordering food, and I've had a teacher even go 'huh? That can't be right!' It may be regional, but I swear I, with my half-assed accent and all, get treated as if I can speak the language approximately as well as whomever I'm speaking to when I use it. Like, in this endless ice cream anecdote, I asked for my own einmal banane eis, bitte, first, and the dude went off to get it and the other guy at the counter made some wisecrack to me I had no hope of following. It was sort of flattering, but it's also a little sad that I had to disillusion the poor guy. No, sorry, I'm actually quite lame, sir!