14:18 Jul 30, 2009 |
German to English translations [Non-PRO] Social Sciences - Slang / sarcasm | ||||
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4 +1 | sweat hole |
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sweat hole Explanation: sweat hole is the meaning of Schweissloch -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 19 mins (2009-07-30 14:37:55 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- There is a joke about this name: One of the episodes from X's collection is the story of the father of a family, returning from the registration office, who is asked by his wife for the name that he has received. When he tells her that the name of the family will be Schweissloch, she gets angry, covering him with reproaches. His answer: "Gewalt geschrien! You can't imagine how much I had to pay for the 'w'!" (without the 'w' it would be "shit hole") -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 22 mins (2009-07-30 14:40:33 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- instead of "hole" you could say "sweat pore" to have a more medical meaning, but "Loch" in German is more derogative than "Pore" -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 1 hr (2009-07-30 15:20:09 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- @writeaway: Just in addition to my comment below: When the German Jews came to Israel a lot of them changed their names to Hebrew names just by translating the German name. This was only possible, saince the names had a specific meaning in German. |
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