Date: Tue, 28 Apr 1998 22:14:58 +0200
Subject: Re: Aehrewurm
From: artefact-AT-t-online.de (Michael Eldred)


Cologne, 28 April 1998

RTG schrieb:

> Do the Germans indulge in "slang" as much as we Americans?  Is "Ahrewurm"
> slang? (I know, the dots on the A)

Robert, everyone knows how stodgy the Germans are. But they are also 
Americanized to a large extent. So we have stodgy slang?

I love your inventive translation of Earworm.
"Aehre" in German is the ear of wheat, not the ear to hear, so Aehreworm would 
be something like wheat-worm, not an Ohrwurm.

Germans do not talk about cauliflower ears, but they do have a penchant for 
potato noses.

Re Michael Staple's missive: yes, it's currently quiet on the list. I for one am 
inundated with work at the moment.

Cheers,
Michael
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