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Welcome to Anywhereville.
With 2 exceptions, these pictures are within a 5 minute walk of each other.
And 4 are right next to each other.
I kid you not
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There’s a fairly heated debate running at the moment about the pervasiveness of Denglisch (Deutsch- English) in German life.
It’s not so much the hipness that rankles a lot of people (The 40+ crowd, as it turns out to no-one’s real surprise) – it’s the inane use of the language.
Some clued-up language students did a survey and documented that many people – if they had a clue what was going on – totally misinterpreted the text.
“Come in and find out”, for example.
The now-defunct advertising slogan for a cosmetics retail chain that had a lot of people thinking they should go in and leave again. Immediately.
They wore out about 500 revolving doors before they figured it out.
And in corporate life, you can play Bullshit Bingo at most any meeting.
Even if it’s being conducted German.
Gebenchmarked. Gebrainstormt.
Prefix any Anglo-Saxon buzzword with a “ge”, tag a “t” or an “ed as a suffix and you’re away.
And a warm welcome to all you other City Exchangers today, too.
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Mainz Daily Photo 
>It is interesting to notice how often an English work appears in photos from around the world. Often as part of advertising … I fit into the 40+ crowd , actually the 50+ crowd and the closest example we have in the US is Spanglish which is a mixture of Spanish and English. I enjoy hearing Spanglish.
>Some of the words just boggle my mind: jobben (from job), downloaden, die Flirts. *runs screaming*Villigen CH
>That’s a neat perspective on theme day.
>I am amused by your commentary here…very insightful! Happy Theme Day from Maui! Good job putting all these photos together!
>Thanks for the background. The world is really a big melting pot.Check out my theme day pic:www.cypressdailyphoto.blogspot.com.I got in late to the list.Have a great day!!!
>oh what a clever post!in Spain english is removing some of our spanish words… cocktail, pub, jogging, and many more!
>”Gebrainstormt” is cracking me up! I remember being on a train in Germany and hearing a teenager say something along the lines of “Ich hab’ [etwas] googlt.” I thought we were the only ones who made up new verbs!
>I’m happy to see that something good was imported—Ben and Jerry’s–instead of the usual, ugly fast food American commercialism, i.e. McDonalds, Pizza Hut, etc. Happy May Day!!
>Interesting post to be sure. The US has a similar problem with some wanting a dual language system of Spanish and English.My Theme Day portrait is of the “Peashooter” and the National Museum of the United States Air Force. Hope you like flying.
>seems the world comes to you!
>brilliant spin on the theme!
>:) we also have a language called Hunglish (Hungarian+English)
>Nice collage and interesting text.
>Surprised to see that it’s actually in Germany. The English did throw me off. I’ve used a collage too!