Posted by Deirdre from 208.142.166.58 on August 06, 1999 at 20:43:00:
In Reply to: Re: German/danish translation posted by sas c|:) on August 06, 1999 at 15:47:16:
: : Wow, Ulla I find your interest in European languages admirable.
: : Iīd bet you could have that German thing down in couple of months.
: : My german isnīt what it used to be but if I were to translate
: : "Ach sheisse" to Danish it would be "ah lort" a phrase we like
: : to use in Denmark if something goes wrong. It actually means
: : "ah shit" a handy word in all languages. It isnīt considered
: : actual cursing but it is up there with a lot of other "bad" words"
: : As we say in Denmark "vi ses" (see ya)
: : Best
: : Krede
: I definitly don't want to sound picky but that's "Ach Scheisse" (a common mistake BTW) in German and the best translation may be "oh shit".
: sas c|:)
Or "Gee, SHIT!:
Or perhaps: "Argh... Shit!"
but Oh shit or Ah shit is jsut fine with me...
Merde!
Dr. Campbell
Was die Leute heutzutage alles denken...na-na!