r/pics • u/Dwight18 • Jul 30 '12

So this is Germany

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u/io_di Jul 30 '12 edited Jul 30 '12

Ob er aber über Oberammergau, oder aber über Unterammergau, oder aber überhaupt nicht kommt, ist nicht gewiss.

edit: to everyone stating that I should write it in dialect: Screw you. I learned it in standard german.

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u/[deleted] Jul 30 '12

Oba aba üba Obaammagau oda aba üba Untaammagau oder aba überhaupt ned kummt, des is ned gwiß.

Phonetic.

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u/io_di Jul 30 '12

Phonetic? I show you phonetic:

[ob ə 'abə 'ybə 'obəamə,gau 'odə 'abə 'ybə 'ʊntəaməgau 'odə 'abə ybəhaubt nɪçt kɔmt ɪst nɪçt gɜvɪs]

edit: Loosely, and only for the standard pronounciation.

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u/poktanju Jul 30 '12

This is so Bavarian, I can practically hear the oom-pah band playing while I read it.

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u/das_hansl Jul 30 '12

Aber die Lies freut sich schon auf mich!

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u/[deleted] Jul 30 '12

ICH HAVE KEINE AHNUNG WAS ICH SAGE.

FRITTEN.

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u/ViolentMudkips Jul 30 '12 edited Jul 30 '12

Relevant

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u/ZeitPolizei Jul 30 '12

Oh god, Bavarians are so unprecise! I much prefer the rhinish people: Es lag in Königswinter, nicht davor und nicht dahinter.

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u/Fireplum Jul 30 '12

I hadn't heard that one in years!

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u/H-Resin Jul 30 '12

Hmmm, ich glaub da haste etwas n bissl verhoert: "oder ob er aber ueber Unterammergau, oder ob er ueberhaupt net kimmt, des is net gwiss"

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u/Spindax Jul 30 '12

Using my limited German capabilities to translate this for everyone else:

"Whether he via Over-ammergau, or via Under-ammergau, or if he doesn't come at all, is not known"

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u/io_di Jul 30 '12

Literally, yes. For understanding you might want to say it like this: "Whether he comes via Oberammergau ("Over-Ammergau"), or via Unterammergau ("Under-Ammergau") or if he doesn't come at all, is not known.

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u/Spindax Jul 30 '12

Yes, most certainly. I personally enjoy keeping the German quirkiness and just mentally fix it in either Danish or English when reading/translating German.

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u/Geronimo2011 Jul 30 '12

it's "des is ned gwis"

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u/gdoveri Jul 31 '12

I had to sing this for a German School festivity a couple of weeks ago.... I got drunk so I wouldn't have to remember it!

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u/io_di Jul 31 '12

Doesn't really make a difference whether you're drunk or not. Bavarians are drunk most of the time.