Showing posts with label Fun. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Fun. Show all posts

Tuesday, May 17, 2011

Advertising

There are, of course, cultural differences between Germany and the US of A - the afternoon "quiet time" when you don't make phone calls to private homes, run the lawn mower, or in smaller villages, expect to find a shop open!

And there's the language - some words look the same and even sound pretty much the same, but the meanings are quite different.  One is "Handy" which is what they call a cell phone here - it is handy, of course, but not A Handy.

I had an appointment yesterday.  The doctor's waiting room had only baby and young parent magazines, so I picked one up and this insert fell out.  Not something that translates well into English.  And I guess too these folks aren't planning on going global.  But if you want to order something, I have a 5€ discount coupon!