Comments on: Stinginess is horny http://nothingforungood.com/2008/06/20/stinginess-is-horny/ German Quirks from an American Perspective Fri, 10 Sep 2010 03:26:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Bird of Prey http://nothingforungood.com/2008/06/20/stinginess-is-horny/#comment-17382 Bird of Prey Tue, 13 Oct 2009 11:26:16 +0000 http://nothingforungood.com/2008/06/20/stinginess-is-horny/#comment-17382 DDR terms like “Großvieheinheit” (= cow) LOL!! :-) Just like the "geflügelte Jahresendfigur" ("winged end of year figurine" - this means an angel as Christmas decoration!) DDR terms like “Großvieheinheit” (= cow)

LOL!! :-) Just like the “geflügelte Jahresendfigur” (”winged end of year figurine” - this means an angel as Christmas decoration!)

]]> By: Martin http://nothingforungood.com/2008/06/20/stinginess-is-horny/#comment-17349 Martin Mon, 12 Oct 2009 17:55:39 +0000 http://nothingforungood.com/2008/06/20/stinginess-is-horny/#comment-17349 Yes, it's horrible!!! I really like English and really like German, my native language. But this Denglisch advertising crap is annoying as hell! We don't need to go back to the times when the Nazis wanted to create words like "Bernzieh" for electric railroad engine or these DDR terms like "Großvieheinheit" (= cow), but this Denglisch is far too much used. There a quite funny public polls (see for example http://www.spiegel.de/unispiegel/wunderbar/0,1518,310548,00.html) that show that most people don't understand what the advertisers want to say. Serves them right! Yes, it’s horrible!!! I really like English and really like German, my native language. But this Denglisch advertising crap is annoying as hell! We don’t need to go back to the times when the Nazis wanted to create words like “Bernzieh” for electric railroad engine or these DDR terms like “Großvieheinheit” (= cow), but this Denglisch is far too much used. There a quite funny public polls (see for example http://www.spiegel.de/unispiegel/wunderbar/0,1518,310548,00.html) that show that most people don’t understand what the advertisers want to say. Serves them right!

]]> By: Florian http://nothingforungood.com/2008/06/20/stinginess-is-horny/#comment-13660 Florian Fri, 19 Jun 2009 14:16:53 +0000 http://nothingforungood.com/2008/06/20/stinginess-is-horny/#comment-13660 The article "Das" is wrong. It's "Der Burger" The article “Das” is wrong. It’s “Der Burger”

]]> By: Mea Culpa http://nothingforungood.com/2008/06/20/stinginess-is-horny/#comment-7619 Mea Culpa Thu, 19 Feb 2009 21:14:00 +0000 http://nothingforungood.com/2008/06/20/stinginess-is-horny/#comment-7619 That burger looks absolutely(!) disgusting :D ... That burger looks absolutely(!) disgusting :D …

]]> By: frank N. stein http://nothingforungood.com/2008/06/20/stinginess-is-horny/#comment-6008 frank N. stein Sat, 06 Dec 2008 17:30:55 +0000 http://nothingforungood.com/2008/06/20/stinginess-is-horny/#comment-6008 @ xion... i liked "kommen sie rein und finden sie wieder raus" too... but the best english ad-text was Sat1 - "Powerd by Emotion" translated by not a small number of viewers as "Kraft durch Freude" ..... @ xion… i liked “kommen sie rein und finden sie wieder raus” too… but the best english ad-text was Sat1 - “Powerd by Emotion” translated by not a small number of viewers as “Kraft durch Freude” …..

]]> By: Thomas http://nothingforungood.com/2008/06/20/stinginess-is-horny/#comment-1593 Thomas Sat, 28 Jun 2008 20:03:53 +0000 http://nothingforungood.com/2008/06/20/stinginess-is-horny/#comment-1593 <blockquote>All you need to learn to start your marketing career in Germany is the article das, some prepositions like mit and ohne, the conjuction und, and some modifiers like jetzt or neu. Now just add the prefixes super and mega to every 4th word, and you are ready to advertise anything.</blockquote> And you need to use English words that sound cool but either don't exist in English or have a completely different meaning. Honestly, it's really embarrassing how German commercials work.

All you need to learn to start your marketing career in Germany is the article das, some prepositions like mit and ohne, the conjuction und, and some modifiers like jetzt or neu. Now just add the prefixes super and mega to every 4th word, and you are ready to advertise anything.

And you need to use English words that sound cool but either don’t exist in English or have a completely different meaning. Honestly, it’s really embarrassing how German commercials work.

]]> By: EllyTeej http://nothingforungood.com/2008/06/20/stinginess-is-horny/#comment-1513 EllyTeej Tue, 24 Jun 2008 20:24:11 +0000 http://nothingforungood.com/2008/06/20/stinginess-is-horny/#comment-1513 my current favorite is: "mit leckerem Beef!" ... by burger king? so wrong. my current favorite is: “mit leckerem Beef!” … by burger king? so wrong.

]]> By: Bird of Prey http://nothingforungood.com/2008/06/20/stinginess-is-horny/#comment-1474 Bird of Prey Sun, 22 Jun 2008 18:15:05 +0000 http://nothingforungood.com/2008/06/20/stinginess-is-horny/#comment-1474 Denglish ads can be annoying, agreed, but in the case of burgers - think about it: Who sells the most burgers in Germany? Probably Burger King and McDonalds. And who are they? Two companies originating in the USA. Everyone knows that, so appearing American is part of their image. It is just like how IKEA tries to remind you that they are FROM SWEDEN in every single corner of their stores! Denglish ads can be annoying, agreed, but in the case of burgers - think about it:
Who sells the most burgers in Germany? Probably Burger King and McDonalds. And who are they? Two companies originating in the USA. Everyone knows that, so appearing American is part of their image. It is just like how IKEA tries to remind you that they are FROM SWEDEN in every single corner of their stores!

]]> By: Uwe http://nothingforungood.com/2008/06/20/stinginess-is-horny/#comment-1471 Uwe Sun, 22 Jun 2008 16:34:11 +0000 http://nothingforungood.com/2008/06/20/stinginess-is-horny/#comment-1471 "Public Viewing" - köstlich! Das wusste ich nicht. Ist ja noch besser als "body bag" :-) Witzigerweise scheint es keinen zu geben, der dieses "Denglish" mag. Ich halte das Ganze für eine Art Diktatur der "Werbefuzzis". Einzige Ausnahme: Das "Katastroph" oder "Deppen-Apostroph" als Anleihe des englischen Genitivs ist deutlich Vormarsch, zum Beispiel in: "Ulla's Currywurst". In Managerkreisen scheint "Denglish" dazu zu dienen, hohlem Geschwätz einen pseudo-wissenschaftlichen Anstrich zu verleihen. Übrigens: Das Ganze ist nicht neu: Es gab Zeiten in Europa, als jeder, der was auf sich hielt, französisch sprach. Übringens sind "super" und "mega" keine englischen Wörter. Aber das wissen sicher selbst die Erfinder der flotten Sprüche nicht. :-) Ansonsten: Tolle Artikel! Ich bin begeistert! Weiter so! “Public Viewing” - köstlich! Das wusste ich nicht. Ist ja noch besser als “body bag” :-)

Witzigerweise scheint es keinen zu geben, der dieses “Denglish” mag. Ich halte das Ganze für eine Art Diktatur der “Werbefuzzis”. Einzige Ausnahme: Das “Katastroph” oder “Deppen-Apostroph” als Anleihe des englischen Genitivs ist deutlich Vormarsch, zum Beispiel in: “Ulla’s Currywurst”.
In Managerkreisen scheint “Denglish” dazu zu dienen, hohlem Geschwätz einen pseudo-wissenschaftlichen Anstrich zu verleihen.
Übrigens:
Das Ganze ist nicht neu: Es gab Zeiten in Europa, als jeder, der was auf sich hielt, französisch sprach.

Übringens sind “super” und “mega” keine englischen Wörter. Aber das wissen sicher selbst die Erfinder der flotten Sprüche nicht. :-)

Ansonsten: Tolle Artikel! Ich bin begeistert! Weiter so!

]]> By: Alex http://nothingforungood.com/2008/06/20/stinginess-is-horny/#comment-1430 Alex Fri, 20 Jun 2008 21:53:56 +0000 http://nothingforungood.com/2008/06/20/stinginess-is-horny/#comment-1430 BTW, congrats on the title of this post. Brilliant :) BTW, congrats on the title of this post. Brilliant :)

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