German Professors Declare War on English Terms

Yahoo! News ^ | Wed Apr 9, 8:55 AM ET | By Erik Kirschbaum and Dave Graham

[vannrox]

LOL.

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[Eowyn-of-Rohan]

Sounds pretty stupid, doesn't it...

[Windcatcher]

and "Adieu" (Byebye).

Why not simply use "auf wiedersehen"? Don't they already have German words for many of those things?

[saluki_in_ohio]

ACHTUNG! Alles touristen und non-technischen peepers!

Das machine control is nicht fur gerfinger-poken und
mittengrabben. Oderwise is easy schnappen der springenwerk,
blowen fuse, und poppencorken mit spitzensparken.
Der machine is diggen by experten only. Is nicht fur
geverken by das dummkopfen. Das rubbernecken sightseenen
keepen das cotten picken hands in das pockets,
so relaxen und watchen das blinkenlights.

[formercalifornian]

Always wanted to be a supermannequin.

[FreedomCalls]

[Dog Gone]

A group of German university professors

Possibly the only demographic group to the left of our own.

I'll not stay up late worrying about this.

[gueroloco]

Message to German professors: Eat Shit.

[FreedomCalls]

English is a Germanic language. In fact, it is simply German with a lot -- a lot -- of borrowings from other languages.

[Sally II]

I guess when you realize how useless your ideology is in the real world, you have enough time for little nationalistic efforts like this. In terms of the international community playground that the Left likes to use so much, the Germans and the French are the losers that started their own treehouse club that excludes everyone but the occassional visit by the Islamic bully. While the good guys are winning the game against the bad boys, the French and Germans are devising secret club codes to make themselves feel special.

Carefull with that B-B gun boys. You might shoot your eyes out.

[HoustonCurmudgeon]

Boy are they screwed when they try to land an airplane in another country.

......... I wonder how they say "Nuts!"

[kellynla]

Educated fools. I hope the Nazis can find a market in France for their MB's and BMW's to replace the American boycott. I personally canceled my order and informed the MB dealer that he better start selling American made vehicles or he would go broke. Semper Fi

[DannyTN]

Why don't they replace the American terms with that French thing where they spit at you if you talk to slow? That's a really enduring feature!

[arasina]

I haff some vurds fer das Churmunz: "Leck mich am Arsch"

[Paleo Conservative]

Saying they are appalled by the way the United States and Britain defied the will of the United Nations (news - web sites) and attacked Iraq, the four professors declared war on borrowed English terms in German such as "okay," "T-shirt" and "party."

Ein Reich, ein Volk, ein Führer

[remitrom]

It's "Leck MIR am Arsch."

[bdeaner]

Losers.

[Savage Beast]

patriotic Americans in World War One who rechristened "sauerkraut" as "liberty cabbage," "dachshund" as "liberty pups" and "hamburger" as "liberty steak."

That's funny--I've never heard of liberty cabbage, liberty pups, or liberty steak, but I'm certainly familiar with sauerkraut, dachshunds, and hamburgers.

If the French can't keep their language pure--and God knows they've tried--nobody can.

[Deathmonger]

borrowed English terms in German such as "okay," "T-shirt" and "party."

The Germans didn't already have a word for party? That figures.