Und ass ewwer wiss frändli grietinks

English translation: And as ever, with friendly greetings

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German term or phrase:	Und ass ewwer wiss frändli grietinks
English translation:	And as ever, with friendly greetings
Entered by:	Chris Rowson (X)

08:16 Mar 15, 2002

German to English translations [Non-PRO]
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German term or phrase: Und ass ewwer wiss frändli grietinks

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Paul Brice

(conny´s)

Explanation:
Maybe we should explain: the first part of the joke is that the writer has expressed German pronunciation of English (and pretty well, too).

The second part is that a standard, not particularly formal termination for letters, emails in German is "MfG" standing for "Mit freindlichen Grüßen", which means literally "with friendly greetings".

So in all the writer has presented himself as very German, but clearly knows something of how German sounds and feels to us English/Amis.

Longwinded and heavy explanation of a light and pleasant joke.

:-)

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Chris Rowson (X)
Local time: 15:13

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Summary of answers provided

4 +5

and as ever with friendly greetings

conny

5 +4

And as ever with friendly greetings.

Thijs van Dorssen

something with friendly greetings

wrtransco

(conny´s)

Chris Rowson (X)

Answers

6 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +5

and as ever with friendly greetings

Explanation:
experience!! t's a joke, ey, or what

conny
Germany
Local time: 15:13
Native speaker of: German
PRO pts in pair: 287

8 mins confidence:

something with friendly greetings

Explanation:
however, it is not German, but
gibberish

wrtransco
Local time: 09:13
Native speaker of:

German
PRO pts in pair: 236

12 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +4

And as ever with friendly greetings.

Explanation:
This is written with a supposedly German accent.

Siss is vritten wiss a hävvie Dscherman axent.

It is actually a mixture of both languages. It is meant to be a joke.

In German the words frändli and grietings are pronounced more or less the same way as the English words friendly greetings. But you have to use a dry 'r' like the Germans do.

Get the message?

Cheers

Thijs van Dorssen
Local time: 15:13
PRO pts in pair: 39

29 mins confidence:

(conny´s)

Chris Rowson (X)
Local time: 15:13
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in pair: 768

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