Tag Archives: Expressions

Denglish 17: The German Turns a Smile into Geometry

Posted on September 19, 2011 | 2 Comments

I make a habit of seducing my wife with honeyed texts and come-hither emails, and I know I’m doing it right when she replies with perplexing German expressions like these:

THE WIFE: “Totally… I’m red like a tomatoe in front of my computer and I am smiling in circles.”

Click here to learn more about the term “Denglish.”

If you liked this post, please follow our blog by entering your email address in the upper right corner of this page. You’ll receive future posts directly in your inbox! No spam, ever! You can also follow us on Twitter and Facebook.

About these ads

→ 2 Comments

Posted in Denglish

Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Denglish 8: My German Wife on Pickling and PDA

Posted on September 1, 2011 | Leave a comment

My best friend loves to pickle and can things at home. He does it all the time, so when my wife and I are being particularly disgusting in front of him with our public displays of affection (PDA), she warns:

THE WIFE: “It might turn the pickle in his stomach.”

Click here to learn more about the term “Denglish.”

If you liked this post, please follow our blog by entering your email address in the upper right corner of this page. You’ll receive future posts directly in your inbox! No spam, ever! You can also follow us on Twitter and Facebook.

→ Leave a comment

Posted in Denglish

Tagged , , , , , , , ,

Denglish 7: Long Distance Love Between a German and an American

Posted on August 30, 2011 | 1 Comment

In the beginning, my wife and I spent many months apart, conducting a long distance relationship between Germany and the United States. We talked on the phone, sent letters and packages in the mail, used email, text messages, Skype and all manner of online chat programs. Still, the distance was hard; a fact my wife pointed out often:

THE WIFE: “We do these months apart and then we come visit us.”

THE WIFE: “I feel like I am high on drugs with missing you!”

THE WIFE: “You know, sweetheart, long distance sucks it up.”

Click here to learn more about the term “Denglish.”

If you liked this post, please follow our blog by entering your email address in the upper right corner of this page. You’ll receive future posts directly in your inbox! No spam, ever! You can also follow us on Twitter and Facebook.

→ 1 Comment

Posted in Denglish

Tagged , , , , , , , , , , ,

Denglish 6: Nightmares of a German Wife

Posted on August 25, 2011 | 2 Comments

My wife doesn’t have nightmares very often, but when she does, they tend to be hilarious:

THE WIFE: “Last night I dreamed I was in the middle of a big classroom and I had to give a presentation. All of the people talked and made noise and I for some reason screamed ‘EVERYBODY SHUTS THE FUCK UP!’”

Click here to learn more about the term “Denglish.”

If you liked this post, please follow our blog by entering your email address in the upper right corner of this page. You’ll receive future posts directly in your inbox! No spam, ever! You can also follow us on Twitter and Facebook.

→ 2 Comments

Posted in Denglish

Tagged , , , , , , , , , ,

Denglish 5: Texas Hold ‘Em in Germany

Posted on August 25, 2011 | Leave a comment

I’ve played a fair bit of poker in my day — Texas Hold ‘Em, to be specific — and I am familiar with terms like “winning the pot,” “pot odds” and “taking home the pot.” I am not, however, familiar with this adorable gem:

THE WIFE: “Hi honey! How was poker? Did you get a piece of the pot?”

Click here to learn more about the term “Denglish.”

If you liked this post, please follow our blog by entering your email address in the upper right corner of this page. You’ll receive future posts directly in your inbox! No spam, ever! You can also follow us on Twitter and Facebook.

→ Leave a comment

Posted in Denglish

Tagged , , , , , , , , , , ,

Denglish 4: A German Finds Perfect Clarity

Posted on August 25, 2011 | 1 Comment

In America, we have the expression, “crystal clear.” My wife, however, is not from around here:

THE WIFE: “Yes, I understand it now. It is glass clear.”

Click here to learn more about the term “Denglish.”

If you liked this post, please follow our blog by entering your email address in the upper right corner of this page. You’ll receive future posts directly in your inbox! No spam, ever! You can also follow us on Twitter and Facebook.

→ 1 Comment

Posted in Denglish

Tagged , , , , , , , ,

Denglish 3: The German Dispels My Bachelor Façade

Posted on August 25, 2011 | Leave a comment

When my wife and I were first getting to know each other and she began to see through my swingin’ bachelor façade, she once described me thusly:

THE WIFE: “You are hard outside, but… I think you have soft insides.”

Click here to learn more about the term “Denglish.”

If you liked this post, please follow our blog by entering your email address in the upper right corner of this page. You’ll receive future posts directly in your inbox! No spam, ever! You can also follow us on Twitter and Facebook.

→ Leave a comment

Posted in Denglish

Tagged , , , , , , , ,

Denglish 2: The German Hangover Uniform

Posted on August 25, 2011 | Leave a comment

I once sent a picture of myself to my wife while extraordinarily hungover, in which I wore a heavy sweatshirt, sweatpants and slippers. This was her response:

THE WIFE: “Ooo, I love it! Look at you in your comfy cloth!”

Click here to learn more about the term “Denglish.”

If you liked this post, please follow our blog by entering your email address in the upper right corner of this page. You’ll receive future posts directly in your inbox! No spam, ever! You can also follow us on Twitter and Facebook.

→ Leave a comment

Posted in Denglish

Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Denglish 1: My Wife’s Tiny Apartment in Germany

Posted on August 25, 2011 | 3 Comments

My wife once described her college apartment in Germany at Philipps-Universität Marburg in the following manner:

THE WIFE: “It’s in a medieval building and the showers are communal; you have to use tokens and you only get 10 minutes of hot water. The ceilings are too low for you. There are only 2 rooms. I live in a Hobbit House!”

Click here to learn more about the term “Denglish.”

If you liked this post, please follow our blog by entering your email address in the upper right corner of this page. You’ll receive future posts directly in your inbox! No spam, ever! You can also follow us on Twitter and Facebook.

→ 3 Comments

Posted in Denglish

Tagged , , , , , , , , , , ,