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enzian Dec 19th, 2007 11:08 AM

Natürlich!


logos999 Dec 19th, 2007 11:32 AM

Alles "Weiber", ob alt oder jung :D

fritzrl Dec 19th, 2007 03:33 PM

Most interesting.

Y'know, I'm not even a native German speaker. But I became sufficiently acculturated during my time in Germany that
a. Profanity in German actually *feels* emotionally loaded to me, instead of seeming merely an academic equivalent of *real* profanity, which must be in English

and

b. Calling a young (say...20-something) woman "Frau" So-and-so would just feel really wierd to me.

Of course it doesn't help, I suppose, that I'm on the front edge of geezerhood, and likely to be old-fashioned in so many annoying ways.

[Sigh] Life is change. Life is change.

quokka Dec 19th, 2007 04:00 PM

>Calling a young (say...20-something) woman "Frau" So-and-so would just feel really wierd to me.

Well, don't try calling her "Fräulein", her answer will make you feel a lot weirder.

logos999 Dec 19th, 2007 04:24 PM

There must be a reason that the adjective of Herr is "herrlich", while of Dame it is "dämlich". Can anybody explain this. :D

quokka Dec 20th, 2007 12:44 AM

Chauvinism.

logos999 Dec 20th, 2007 04:55 AM

But why is every women happy being called a "dame", while "dame like" is an insult?

humanone Jan 15th, 2008 05:05 PM

I knew it! We humans are nuts! Me Too.
Frau Doctor Humanone


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