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From: simon@fsinfo.cs.uni-sb.de (Julia Simon)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.german,sci.lang
Subject: Re: Germanic Dialtects (was: Welche Sprache benutzen)
Date: 24 Jul 92 08:32:43 GMT
Organization: Fachschaft Informatik, U of Saarland, FRG

peterk@public.sub.org (Peter Kittel) writes:
> Are you sure it was Frisian? I would guess it was Plattdeutsch, which
> is spoken in Ostfriesland, but "Friesisch" is a totally different
> language, today only spoken by few people north in Schleswig-Holstein,
> and Friesisch is more like a celtic/gaelic language, not similar to
> modern German or English.

Frisian is as much like any Celtic language as is, for example, Russian or
Sanskrit! It is a Germanic language!

I didn't know it is also spoken in Schleswig-Holstein; I know a Dutchman who
was raised bilingual Dutch/Frisian, so it must be spoken somewhere in the
Netherlands too. Unfortunately I don't know what part of the Netherlands he
comes from.

			Julia 8-)

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From: "ernest blaschke" <ernest.blaschke@canrem.com>
Newsgroups: soc.culture.german
Subject: berlin (kultur etc.)
Date: 29 Jul 92 21:45:36 EST
Reply-To: "ernest blaschke" <ernest.blaschke@canrem.com>
Distribution: soc
Organization: Canada Remote Systems

M SCHMEIL schreibt:

=>problem, dass ich mit meiner ma habe (meinungsverschiedenheit) an der
=>richtigen stelle bin. als hobbymusiker (punkrock/hc) stehe ich vor dem

=>problem keinen uebungsraum zu finden (es gibt welche fuer

tust mir leid, dass du keinen uebungsraum hast, muss aber im
sonstigen deiner mutter rechtgeben.

=>ist das pergamon-museum bekannter als nina haagen, etc.
=>was faellt euch ein, wenn ihr an berlin denkt

ja freilich - warst du schon einmal dort? sowas wie das pergamon
museum siehst du nicht sobald wo anders.
wer faellt mir ein wenn ich an berlin denke? herbert von karajan.

viele gruesse an dich und deine mutter!

Ernest Blaschke@canrem.com               Toronto, Kanada
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Newsgroups: soc.culture.german
From: ernst@helmholtz.cns.caltech.edu (Ernst Niebur)
Subject: Re: Der Film "Zentropa"
Organization: California Institute of Technology
Date: Fri, 24 Jul 1992 08:00:26 GMT


	The movie was called "Europa", at least both in Germany and in
	North America.

Nope. Not here in California, the title was Zentropa.

--Ernst
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Newsgroups: soc.culture.german
From: citrin@boulder.Colorado.EDU (Wayne Citrin)
Subject: Re: Question About German Cinema
Organization: University of Colorado, Boulder
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 1992 20:14:53 GMT

In article <7939@dirac.physics.purdue.edu> stephen@maxwell.physics.purdue.edu (Stephen W. Hill) writes:
>
>	I once heard that Germans see a lot of the same movies that we do.  Does
> this mean that they see them in english or that they are translated into
> german?
>

In Zurich (which of course isn't Germany but it might be of interest anyway), 
almost all films are shown in their original versions with German and French 
subtitles.  Outside Zurich (and probably Geneva, too), you're more likely to 
see a dubbed film.

Wayne
-----------
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Newsgroups: soc.culture.german
From: dzk@cs.brown.edu (Danny Keren)
Subject: Looking for an address in Germany
Organization: Brown University Department of Computer Science
Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1992 16:58:01 GMT

I would be grateful if someone mailed me the address of the office for
investigating and documenting Nazi war crimes. I am especially interested
in obtaining the rulings of German courts regarding Belzec and Sobibor.

Thanks,

-Danny Keren.

Newsgroups: soc.culture.german,sci.lang
From: khoward@groucho.cse.ogi.edu (Kimberly Howard)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.german
Subject: Re: Question About German Cinema
Date: 29 Jul 92 00:47:43 GMT
Article-I.D.: ogicse.40636
Organization: Oregon Graduate Institute - Computer Science & Engineering

In article <7939@dirac.physics.purdue.edu> stephen@maxwell.physics.purdue.edu (Stephen W. Hill) writes:
>
>     I once heard that Germans see a lot of the same movies that we do.  Does
>this mean that they see them in english or that they are translated into
>german?

	Having just returned from Bavaria I can say that most of the films are
of American origin and dubbed in German.  Although in the listings for
the Munich Cinemas, there were a few that were shown in the original English 
form.  Batman Returns was just coming out the day I left.  Lotsa big
promotion campaigns like in America.

	My German partner said only a few of the movies are released with
subtitles.  Dubbing seems to be the in thing.  IMHO I prefer
subtitles.

	I saw Final Analysis in German in Eichstaet, then in English on the
plane back.  What was funny about it was that in several scenes, the
microphone used by the cameramen when filming was shown on the screen, as if
someone forgot to chop it off.  
		Does anyone know if this a common occurence?
-=-=-=
khoward@cse.ogi.edu
		"Excuse me, are those Bungle Boy jeans you're wearing?"
	"I'm not wearing any pants."
		"That's what I thought."
From: schraudo@cs.ucsd.edu (Nici Schraudolph)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.german
Subject: Re: Zerstoerer "Bayern" in der Adria
Keywords: Bayern,Adria,GG,Grundgesetz
Date: 21 Jul 92 05:48:01 GMT
Article-I.D.: sdcc12.35886

paul@opal.cs.tu-berlin.de (Paul Boehm) writes:

>Die Bezahlung ist wirklich laecherlich. Was passiert eigentlich, wenn
>ein Wehrpflichtiger bei einem UNO-Einsatz zum Invaliden wird? Gibt es
>dann ausser einem Schwerbeschaedigtenausweis und einem Krankenhausbesuch
>durch Hannelore Kohl noch weitere Leistungen? 

Aber sicher: die feierliche Herabsetzung auf Tauglichkeitsstufe 5.

Ist nicht witzig, ich weiss.  That's the point.

-- 
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From: peterk@public.sub.org (Peter Kittel)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.german
Subject: Re: Traveling to Germany: Advice Requested
Date: 28 Jul 92 14:20:08 GMT
Organization: Public News & Mailserver, Commodore Germany PM UNIX, Frankfurt

hammen@vpnet.chi.il.us (Robert Hammen) writes:

>I'm flying into Frankfurt. I've six days of Eurail travel, and six days
>of auto rental. I figure I'll knock around the Frankfurt area for a few
>days, then travel to Hamburg/Kiel, then take a train to Munich and
>southern Germany. 

Just returned from a weekend trip to Munich I have to say that one of
the ultimate german culture achievements are the Munich Biergaerten.
Try there the one at the Chinese tower (Chinesischer Turm) in the
Englische Garten, or any other of the hundreds all over Munich. The
relaxed atmosphere there is wonderful, and of course the fresh beer.
It's soooo sad that this has not really spread over Germany. Yes, we
have slightly similar institutions here in Frankfurt with Aeppelwoi
(apple wine), but nothing comes close to those Biergaerten in Munich.
Big Sigh.

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Newsgroups: soc.culture.german
From: oliver@cs.toronto.edu (Oliver Schulte)
Subject: Re: Question About German Cinema
Organization: Department of Computer Science, University of Toronto
Date: 29 Jul 92 02:08:22 GMT

In article <7939@dirac.physics.purdue.edu> stephen@maxwell.physics.purdue.edu (Stephen W. Hill) writes:
>
>     I once heard that Germans see a lot of the same movies that we do.  Does
>this mean that they see them in english or that they are translated into
>german?

Just about all movies shown in German cinemas or on German TV are dubbed.
Some repertory cinemas will sometimes feature movies in the original language,
but you have to seek them out.

This is unlike many European countries. A Swedish visitor of mine once
remarked that it was one of the surreal experiences of his life to see
James Bond speak German. `Mein Name ist Bond. James Bond.'

Cheers,

Oliver


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From: stephen@maxwell.physics.purdue.edu (Stephen W. Hill)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.german
Subject: Question About German Cinema
Date: 28 Jul 92 21:48:30 GMT
Organization: Purdue University Physics Department


     I once heard that Germans see a lot of the same movies that we do.  Does
this mean that they see them in english or that they are translated into
german?
From: mbeck@vtssi.vt.edu
Newsgroups: soc.culture.german
Subject: Re: Dagobert oder Onkel Dagobert?
Date: 28 Jul 1992 19:16:03 GMT
Organization: Bolt Beranek and Newman Inc.
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: 128.89.16.47

In article <lannert.32.712338569@uni-duesseldorf.de> lannert@uni-duesseldorf.de
(Detlef Lannert) writes:

>Jetzt, wo ich selbst in dem Alter bin, das jene Verwandten damals
>hatten, stelle ich fest, dass in solchen Faellen nur noch der 
>Vorname verwendet wird. Nicht, dass ich es bedauerte, nicht "Onkel"
>geheissen zu werden (eigentlich faende ich es eher graesslich) -
>nur frage ich mich, ob meine Erfahrung rein zufaellig ist oder ob
>diese "Titel" wirklich aussterben.
>
>Gibt es tatsaechlich noch O.s und T.s (in s.c.g)? Oder Oheime und
>Muhmen? Wie ist es eigentlich mit Aunties und Uncles im englischen
>Sprachraum (von Entenfamilien mal abgesehen ;-))?

In unserer Familie in Deutschland und auch Anderen die Ich kenne werden die
Anreden Onkel und Tante noch gebraucht. Hier in den USA wird uncle und aunt
hauptsaechlich in dritter Person benuzt, um ein familien-verhaeltniss zu
beschreiben, aber Ich glaube die meisten kinder reden Ihre verwandten als Joe
und Mary, statt uncle Joe und aunt Mary an (Beispiele)

									_Mike_
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From: carl.camurca@wugate.wustl.edu!travel (Carl Camurca) 
Newsgroups: soc.culture.german
Subject: Moin, Moin!
Date: 22 Jul 92 23:57:00 GMT
Distribution: world
Organization: Travel Online, St. Louis, MO, USA
Reply-To: carl.camurca@wugate.wustl.edu!travel (Carl Camurca) 

Hallo!

MM>"Mahlzeit" is not an exclusively Sueddeutscher greeting. It's very common
MM>up here im Norden. Another variation is "Meun" (not sure of the spelling)
MM>which is short for "Guten Morgen". Some other greeting/farewell forms:
MM>"Shoener Feuerabend", "Tschuessie", "Gruessie", and the ever popular
MM>"Geht Los!"...:)

Nur, um schlau zu sein (erinnert sich *ein Einziger* an Susanne
Klickerklacker aus der Sesamstrasse?):
Der Gruss im Norden heisst MOIN.
Er hat meines Wissens nach nichts mit (Guten) Morgen zu tun.

MM>****************************************************************************
MM>*  "Supernatural, perhaps...Baloney, perhaps not" - Bela Lugosi  *
MM>******************************************************************
MM>Matt Marchese       The opinions expressed here are not those of my employer
MM>Cray Research       my wife, my church, or myself...But they are the opinion
MM>DKRZ                of Elvis as revealved to me through the medium of my pet
MM>Hamburg, Germany    hamster, Lee Harvey Oswald...
MM>****************************************************************************

Gruss, Carl.


 * OLX 2.1 TD * Germania omnia est divisa in partes dos, quorum unum...
                                                                        
Xref: sparky soc.culture.german:5200 soc.net-people:939
Organization: Penn State University
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1992 02:09:42 EDT
From: S. Wukovitz <SXW103@psuvm.psu.edu>
Newsgroups: soc.culture.german,soc.net-people
Subject: Steve Wukovitz near Stein, Germany

Hi.  I don't know if these are the correct newsgroups for this query:

My brother has been stationed in Germany near a small town called
Stein (he is in US army, a technical person).  He's been there
for nearly a month.  We have not yet heard from him except that
he called when his plane landed.

I was wondering if anyone reading this is able to make local calls
to Stein.  If so, do you know of a way that someone could get (free
or cheap) access to Usenet/Internet/BITNET/etc.?  Mail apparently
takes forever unless it's the E-kind :-)

Also, perhaps I could find someone willing to make a brief call and
shock him :-) ?  He might make an interesting friend, too, he's a
good person with quite a few hobbies...

Please send mail to steph@math.cornell.edu if at all possible.

Thanks in advance...

-Stephanie Wukovitz
From: peterk@public.sub.org (Peter Kittel)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.german
Subject: Re: Deutsches - Englisches Worterbuch auf dem Computer
Date: 28 Jul 92 14:26:31 GMT
Organization: Public News & Mailserver, Commodore Germany PM UNIX, Frankfurt

rslarsen@oregon.uoregon.edu (Ron Larsen) writes:

>BTW, general computer terms are the same on all platforms -- ie, a Leertasse 
>is a Leertasse.

Aha! But: What the h*ll is "Leertasse"??? When I drank all of my coffee
out of it? Never found such a thing in my computer...

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Newsgroups: soc.culture.german
From: sierhuis@erasmus.nynexst.com (Maarten Sierhuis)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.german,soc.culture.netherlands
Subject: Re: Frisian
Date: 29 Jul 92 22:08:03 GMT
Reply-To: sierhuis@nynexst.com
Organization: Nynex Science & Technology

In article <199207272135.AA26760@tuna.wang.com>, IMAGING.CLUB@OFFICE.WANG.COM ("Imaging Club") writes:
>Regarding the current soc.culture.german discussion on Frisian,  Frisian
>is still active in the northern part of the Netherlands.  I was in
>Leuwaarden a couple of years ago, the main city in the area where
>Frisian is spoken, and I bought a cassette with the Frisian top hits!
>The songs are really quite good.  (I don't know how close Frisian
>spoken in the Netherlands is to the Frisian spoken in Germany,
>however.)
>
>Mooi, by the way, is also the normal Dutch word for beautiful.  There
>are probably quite a lot of words in Dutch and Frisian that
>are similar since the areas where the two are spoken border each
>other.
>
>Michael.Willett@OFFICE.Wang.com.


Niet weer over het Fries ... alsjeblieft zeg daar krijg ik nou wel
een dikke van hoor. Laten die Duitsers daar maar over lullen.
Fries is een andere taal, het is geen Nederlands, zal ook nooit
Nederlands worden en het zal me verder een worst wezen dat ze soms
Nederlandse woorden gebruiken. Dat doen wij ook ... :-)

Oh jee, nou begin ik zelf ook ... sorry!

PS. Michael: WE DON'T WANT TO START THIS AGAIN ... :-( JUST READ THE
    GERMAN NEWSGROUP.



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Newsgroups: soc.culture.german
From: m_malche@halma.informatik.uni-kl.de (Marek Malcherek)
Subject: Re: Berlin (Kultur etc.)
Reply-To: @uni-kl.de:m_malche.poker.informatik.uni-kl.de
Organization: University of Kaiserslautern (Germany)
Distribution: soc
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 1992 07:44:24 GMT


|>>Wat denn nu? Nicht-Berliner oder Nicht-Deutsche? Oder sind Nicht-Berliner
|>>automatisch auch Nicht-Deutsche?
|>>
|>>Mir faellt ein: - Liebling - Kreuzberg
|>>                - Kreuzberg
|>>                - Diepgen und Momper
|>>                - Scheibenwischer
|>>                - Die Aerzte (Hallo Claudia)
|>>                - Die Lassie-Singers (schon etwas spezieller)
|>>                - Alphaville
|>>                - Spliff (oder etwa nicht aus Berlin?)
|>
|>Spliff schon, aber Alphaville????


Na klar man! Kennst du "Summer In Berlin" von Alphaville nicht?
Ansonsten kommen die aus Muenster, aber das macht ja nichts!

Ein Alphaville Fan Marekki

(Forever krank, i want to be forever krank)!
 
|>>Weregoose
|>
|>Wolfgang
|>

                             

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   | W-6750 Kaiserslautern  |   aber das wird man   |    /        \   |
   |      Germany           |   erst NACH meinem    |   /  @    @  \  |
   | Voice: ++49/0631/15992 |   Tode feststellen.   |  /     __     \ |
   +------------------------+-----------------------+  |    /..\    | |
   |                     E-mail:                    |  |    \__/    | |
   |@uni-kl.de:m_malche@poker.informatik.uni-kl.de  |   \    ##    /  |
   |                       or                       |    \________/   |
   |@uni-kl.de:prickf2@tangram.informatik.uni-kl.de |                 |
   +------------------------------------------------+-----------------+

Newsgroups: soc.culture.german,sci.lang
From: bernie@metapro.DIALix.oz.au (Bernd Felsche)
Subject: Re: Germanic Dialtects
Organization: MetaPro Systems, Perth, Western Australia
Date: Fri, 24 Jul 92 08:34:19 GMT

In <1992Jul21.173259.242@public.sub.org>
   peterk@public.sub.org (Peter Kittel) writes:

>bernie@metapro.DIALix.oz.au (Bernd Felsche) writes:

>>From what I've heard of Frisian (a film on TV) it's about
>>half-way between German and English, 

>Are you sure it was Frisian? I would guess it was Plattdeutsch, which
>is spoken in Ostfriesland, but "Friesisch" is a totally different
>language, today only spoken by few people north in Schleswig-Holstein,
>and Friesisch is more like a celtic/gaelic language, not similar to
>modern German or English.

Well, I guess I'll have to ask our resident Frisian, when
she returns from her trip around the continent.

I am certain that it wasn't Plattdeutsch. I'd recognize it
as I used to know some old people who spoke it frequently
when I was visiting them.
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From: carl.camurca@wugate.wustl.edu!travel (Carl Camurca) 
Newsgroups: soc.culture.german
Subject: Bezaubernde Jeannie etc.
Date: 26 Jul 92 11:41:00 GMT
Distribution: world
Organization: Travel Online, St. Louis, MO, USA
Reply-To: carl.camurca@wugate.wustl.edu!travel (Carl Camurca) 

ML>: Nur, um schlau zu sein (erinnert sich *ein Einziger* an Susanne
ML>: Klickerklacker aus der Sesamstrasse?):

ML>Hurra, endlich einer der sich auch an die guten alten Folgen 1-500
erinnert
ML>die mich als 3 - 10 jaehriger so entzueckten.

ML>Wie stehts mit `Stanley Beamish' dem `Mann der die Pille nahm' (Sendejahr ca
ML>1969) ???

Leider kann ich damit gar nicht dienen, da war ich vier. Ich kann mich
nur ganz schwach an einige Folgen Bezaubernde Jeannie erinnern. Das
durften wir aber nie sehen, wir waren zu klein... :(
IMHO, Sesamstrasse (die alte mehr als die neue), Die Sendung mit der
Maus und das Ost-Sandmaennchen sind die besten Kindersendungen, die je
ausgestrahlt wurden.

ML>marco

gruss, Carl


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From: vossron@Apple.COM (Ronald N. Voss)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.german
Subject: Re: mahlzeit...
Date: 22 Jul 92 21:12:25 GMT
Organization: Apple Computer Inc., Cupertino, CA

gnut@lrs.e-technik.uni-erlangen.de (Stefan Schleifer) writes:

>The reply "Mahl Dir Dei Zeit selber" is just a tricky german word-game:
>Saying Mahlzeit means u wish him heaving a good meal or a good break or
>what ever, saying "Ma(h)l Dir Dei Zeit selber" means the same as "Paint
>your own time yourself". (Mahl and Mal sounds equal, but Malen is painting)

The word game works just as well as "mahl dir dei zeit selber" which
means "grind your own time yourself".  If you can paint it you can
grind it!

-- 
Ron Voss          Apple Computer         I speak only for myself.
Newsgroups: soc.culture.german
From: kurrer@glasgow.ks.uiuc.edu (Christian Kurrer)
Subject: Re: Computers in Germany & Russian Travelers
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1992 20:44:55 GMT

In article <1992Jul25.041125.6858@chinet.chi.il.us>  
harlow@chinet.chi.il.us (Steven A Harlow) writes:
>  > From: overmyer@gmuvax2.gmu.edu (Scott Overmyer)
>  > Subject: Computers in Germany & Russian Travelers
>  > Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1992 13:08:40 GMT
>  > 
>  > I have a friend in Russia who has heard that computers are very
>  > inexpensive in Germany (I don't believe it) and would like to travel
> From my experience cars and computers in Germany are relatively
> reasonably priced.

Computers are still less expensive in the US than in Germany, especially  
with the $/DM rate plummeting down. As for cars, especially used cars,  
they are currently still pretty expensive, after the post-unification rush  
soaked up the used car market. Those of you who get the de.* group can  
check that easily. Recently, someone asked DM 4800 for a 1982 Opel Corsa.  
I believe this car did not cost much more than twice that amount when it  
was bought new in 1982. Used cars are just very expensive.

Used cars are very expensive, at least as long as they still pass the TUeV  
technical inspection. That might not be an important criterium when you  
think of exporting them to another country with less strict technical  
inspections. Then you might get a non-TUeV car for just a little over  
scrap price and it might be profitable to have them repaired by the low  
wage eastern european workforce. Many cars fail the technical inspection  
due to rust problems, and these can be easily taken care of by welders  
without detailed knowledge about the car in question and without access to  
spare parts.

..
> Steve Harlow, Glen Ellyn, IL, USA

Christian Kurrer
Newsgroups: soc.culture.german
From: jfadams@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (James F Adams)
Subject: Re: postal addresses in Germany...
Organization: The Ohio State University
Date: Fri, 31 Jul 1992 17:01:35 GMT

According to "Die Zeit" of the 10th of July, the Bundespost will introduce the 
new zip codes on July 1, 1993.  The five-digit code will be divided as follows:
the first two are the region, the third the city, and the last two denote the 
type of delivery (mailbox, large customer, etc.).  This means that some streets
may have two or more zip codes.  Not only that, the cost of changing software 
and entering data has been estimated by Wirtschaftswoche to be several hundred 
million DM.  Sounds like fun!

James F. Adams                                 YOUR MESSAGE HERE !!!
Dept. of Economics                             CALL 614-292-2069
The Ohio State University
Columbus, OH  43210  USA
e-mail: jadams@econ.sbs.ohio-state.edu