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I wonder how much fun they are having out there that I will probably never get to experience... (lemm.ee)

submitted 4 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 127 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I always try to decipher their memes because they look funny.

[–] [email protected] 83 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Whenever I can figure one out through context I feel like a genius

[–] [email protected] 73 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Or when you try to read a word aloud and realize it's basically the same as the English word with 50% more consonents.

[–] [email protected] 83 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

That's the meme. They translate English expressions, names and brands into German 1:1, disregarding any standing idioms and available translations. Hard to read even as a German native. Struggling to figure out what to OP meant is like 90% of the fun.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Haha, I remember trying to tell a German colleague that another colleague was ‘ingverklerten’ because he had red hair, apparently the German word for ginger is not used to represent colour. Almost as popular as our attempt to call someone a ‘glockenende’ when they had been foolish. Sounds like I should look into ich_iel a bit.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

What you should tell your German colleague about the ginger is "Wo das Dach rostig ist, ist der Keller feucht."

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

But also; rusty crotch, pubes like 13A fuse wire

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

Fun fact: pubes have the same color as someone's eyebrows.