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Welshybridfilet

Does that mean, "wel(l) shy brid(e) filet"? whatever a Bride filet is, lol

GaryC wrote: ↑Tue May 28, 2024 7:14 pm Does that mean, "wel(l) shy brid(e) filet"? whatever a Bride filet is, lol

Two different types of catfish have f*cked in a fish farm, and the fillet of the resulting new type of fish is now sold as "catfish hybrid fillet".

"Wels" is the German word for "catfish", "hybrid" is "hybrid", and "Filet" is the German spelling of "fillet".

Yes, I got that but was being sarcastic by splitting the word into bite-size chunks of English. Some humour gets lost when written on forums, lol

GaryC wrote: ↑Tue May 28, 2024 7:37 pm Yes, I got that but was being sarcastic by splitting the word into bite-size chunks of English. Some humour gets lost when written on forums, lol

This is why emoji are so important with helping convey tone and important instruments of voice

Yep

It happens. First I saw a Welsch Bride Fish. I recently was looking for accommodations near Landshut and learned about the town of Dingolfing! Took me a bit to catch on to that one after researching what the heck that Din is for a type of . My German and Swiss friends at the pub had a good at that one.

Franklan wrote: ↑Tue May 28, 2024 7:21 pm

GaryC wrote: ↑Tue May 28, 2024 7:14 pm Does that mean, "wel(l) shy brid(e) filet"? whatever a Bride filet is, lol

Two different types of catfish have f*cked in a fish farm, and the fillet of the resulting new type of fish is now sold as "catfish hybrid fillet".

But is the fish any good?

I bought it fresh recently at Kaufhof, but it didn’t convince me.

Another German word of the day:

Let's assume the German government wants to introduce an electronic way to declare your taxes, as in "Elektronische Steuererklärung" ("electronic tax declaration").

And they want a nice "catchy" phrase for that... What would be a nice catchy name for that? In English "electronic tax declaration" could be called "ElTaDe", right?

In German, "Elektronische Steuererklärung" could be called "ElStEr", right?

OK, and that's how it actually happened! The German government abbreviates "electronic tax declaration" as "Elster".

Folks, now pick up your dictionary, "Elster" is the German word for the (thiefing) bird called "Magpie"...

Franklan wrote: ↑Fri May 31, 2024 7:36 pm OK, and that's how it actually happened! The German government abbreviates "electronic tax declaration" as "Elster".

Folks, now pick up your dictionary, "Elster" is the German word for the (thieving) bird called "Magpie"...

Well, there is also Rabe = raven, another known connaisseur of shiny things: https://www-handelsblatt-com.translate. ... _hist=true

Or how about the Nachtigall = nightingale (spelled by the Finanzamt "Nachdigal", which is their abbreviation of "Nachreichung von digitalen Belegen", aka Belegnachreichung, i.e. sending the Finanzamt supporting documentation as PDF files after having filed)?
Or Diva = diva, the "Digitaler Verwaltungsakt", i.e. the income tax Bescheid when it is in electronic format and no longer sent out as a paper Bescheid by post.

Blumentopferde

Franklan wrote: ↑Tue May 28, 2024 7:21 pm

GaryC wrote: ↑Tue May 28, 2024 7:14 pm Does that mean, "wel(l) shy brid(e) filet"? whatever a Bride filet is, lol

Two different types of catfish have f*cked in a fish farm, and the fillet of the resulting new type of fish is now sold as "catfish hybrid fillet".

"Wels" is the German word for "catfish", "hybrid" is "hybrid", and "Filet" is the German spelling of "fillet".

Catfish....reminds me. I was chatting with a mate and he mentioned Katzenhai or Katzenhaie. Hmm.... what is that I thought. A cat shark? Maybe a tiger shark. No! Of course not. It's a dogfish! WT actual F!!

Bayrisch_Dude wrote: ↑Tue Jun 04, 2024 11:48 am I was chatting with a mate and he mentioned Katzenhai or Katzenhaie. Hmm.... what is that I thought. A cat shark? Maybe a tiger shark. No! Of course not. It's a dogfish! WT actual F!!

My advise: "Niemals hairaten!"

Bayrisch_Dude wrote: ↑Tue Jun 04, 2024 11:48 am [..] he mentioned Katzenhai or Katzenhaie. [..] It's a dogfish!

No, it is not.

Ok, I'll ruin the hell out of any humour left on this, but I've lived in Germany so bl00dy long, I can't help myself. I'll also start with the very Germanic point that I've recently been spending time doing my "fish recognition" preparation for my Angelschein. Dogfish and catsharks are VERY similar.
For Angelshein purposes the key difference is that the dogfish has a fin on its back in a traditional "shark" position, i.e. from Jaws. The catshark's fins start much further down its back.
For completeness, I didn't see the catfish as "well shy" but "Welshy", as in, a little bit Welsh.

Oh, and as for odd German words, how about "Brathering"? Looks all the world like a English word for two Yorkshiremen complaining about something.

Günter Stössel

http://deanita.de/franconia_englishspoken.htm