Re: USAGE: German VhC pronunciation

On Mon, Aug 02, 2004 at 10:53:13PM -0000, Christian Thalmann wrote:
> --- In conlang@yahoogroups.com, "Mark J. Reed" <markjreed@M...> wrote:
>
> > Vielen dank!
>
> You heff forgotten ze Capitalization of ze Noun, Schweinehund!
> I clobber you viss my Baton now!  ;-)
Ach du lieber Gott in Himmel!  Ich beheffed like a verdammt Uglyamerikaner!

:)

My favorite example of this sort of thing is from a Capt. America comic
book I read as a kid - featuring Adolf Hitler his own bad self being
forced to parachute out of a damaged airplane.  As he jumps out of the
plane, he says, "As a verdammt Amerikaner would say: 'Geronimo!'"

My favorite part: there was a footnote explaining that no, he didn't
*really* say that.  Well, of course not!  It's a comic book!  None of it
*really* happened!  But I guess suspension of disbelief only goes so
far.  It's one thing to believe in a sentient, flying, flaming android
constructed from WW2-era technology; a man from Atlantis who can not
only breathe underwater but also fly (thanks to teeny-tiny wings on his
ankles!); or a 98-lb weakling transformed instantly via one-time
injection into a paragon of human athletic prowess.  That's all well and
good.  But Hitler saying "Geronimo"?  Nuh-uh!  Give me my quarter back,
this is a bunch of hooey!  :)

-Marcos