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Europe according to the Austrians
Posted on October 9th, 2010 10 comments
Europe according to the Austrians
10 responses to “Europe according to the Austrians”
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Was ist Caretakers Beach?
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Hausmeister Strand.
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Sascha October 9th, 2010 at 22:15
Bitte das heißt Heutzutage Facility Managers;)
Ps. endlich hat mal jemand Europa für den “Kleinen Mann” da draussen vernünftig erklärt.
Eventuell sollte man noch im Land of the Beauty die Eisenbahnstränge und die Felder des Furchenadels markieren und mit dem Zusatz, “also where our taxmoney went” ergänzen.
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Genius.
France as “Strike” cracks me up, but what does “Piefke” mean?
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Sascha October 10th, 2010 at 10:33
Dear Anthoy,
Piefke is a very spezial word for our favourite neighbours, the Germans;)
Maybe you will visit Germany in one day. I recommend, don´t say it to them!!
cheers
Sascha
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Sascha,
Hah! Thanks, I’ll keep that in mind.
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@Nattl: Aso – dachte bei caretaker an Pfleger.
@Anthony: Just out of curiosity: You understand what “Island of the beatified” means?
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@Michael:
“Beatified” in general, yes, but the Austria-specific reference escapes me.
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@Anthony: It is a reference to a quote of Pope Paul VI who called Austria a “isola felice” (island of the happy). The meaning is, that all the bad stuff happening around Austria is not affecting Austria at all. Nowadays used almost entirely in a negative sense (i.e. some politician does nothing about problem X because he thinks Austria is a “isola felice”).
Somehow this got rephrased into “Insel der Seligen” which could be translated as “island of the beatified” or “island of the blessed”.
However it has no religious meaning. I am not sure but I think “beatified” is normally used in a religious context – therefore I was curious what an American thinks, when reading “Island of the beatified”.
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@Michael:
I half-suspected it meant our hostess was up for sainthood.
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Michael October 9th, 2010 at 21:57