Chat and other lingo

bizpro

Old Skipper - still on duty!

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Date of registration: Aug 25th 2005

Location: Langley, BC, Kanada

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Monday, January 29th 2007, 5:31am

Common Abbreviations

Being prompted as to the meaning of P III and forum related abbreviations. Here is a list; feel free to add. I'll add the German translations before Babelfish or Google make a mess of it

AFAIK as fas as I know = so viel ich weiss
BB bye-bye = auf wiedersehen
BTW by the way = nebenbei bemerkt
CU see you = tschueess
CUL8R see you later = bis spater
CV curriculum vitae oder company value = resumee oder unternehmens wert
EM Elderman = Aldermann
GL good luck = viel glueck
HAND have a nice day = einen schoenen tag
IG Iron Goods / tools = eisenwaren / werkzeug
IIRC if I remember correctly = sofern ich mich recht erinnere
IMO in my opinion = meiner meinung nach
IMHO in my humble opinion = in miner unmassgeblichen meinung
LOL laughing out loud = zum lachen
LM Lord Mayor = buergermeister
LMAO laughing my a** off = ich lach mir nen ast
MED mittelmeer
MT empty = leer
PAX peace or passengers = friede oder reisende
POP population = bevoelkerung
PPL people = leute
SNAFU situation normal all frigged up = alles normal, nichts funktioniert

Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new
Wer niemals einen Fehler gemacht hat, hat noch nie etwas neues probiert Albert Einstein

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Charlotte

Administratorin

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Date of registration: Aug 21st 2006

Location: Berlin

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Monday, January 29th 2007, 11:53pm

RE: Common Abbreviations

ROFL!
(Rolling on the floor laughing - ich lach mich kringlig aka (also known as) scheckig.

thx,
Charlotte

"Wir sind verletzt, aber wir stehen wieder auf."

Berlin - Breitscheidplatz, zum 19. Dezember 2016.

P2 1.1/P4 2.0.4

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Man of the C

Merchant

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Date of registration: Mar 1st 2007

Location: KY, USA

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Saturday, March 24th 2007, 3:36pm

RE: translate these

I really like the omiticons.
I know what this one means :rotfl:

but was wondering what the following are saying
1. :ahn:

2.

3.

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Charlotte

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Location: Berlin

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Saturday, March 24th 2007, 7:20pm

RE: translate these

Quoted

Original von Man of the C
I really like the omiticons.
I know what this one means but was wondering what the following are saying
1.

2.

3.

1. Shut up if you don't know what you are talking about!
2. Kampf means battle, trinker is drinker or rather a drunkard. Someone, who drinks for a living, binge drinking.
3. Holiday (BE), vacation (AE). I'm on vacation.

Nota bene: First line of my translation does not mean I'm using rough language!

Charlotte

"Wir sind verletzt, aber wir stehen wieder auf."

Berlin - Breitscheidplatz, zum 19. Dezember 2016.

P2 1.1/P4 2.0.4

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Balou

Wholesaler

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Date of registration: Feb 24th 2007

Location: Niedersachsen

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Saturday, March 24th 2007, 10:46pm

Translations

item 2 of the above: definitely "binge drinker" (not that I knew how it feels like :rolleyes:

)

Cheers,
Balou

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Amselfass

Lord Mayor

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Date of registration: Jul 8th 2005

Location: Kiel

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Wednesday, April 4th 2007, 8:05pm

Quoted

Original von x9jaan, posted in the Beginners' Corner
My english is very poor and so I must ask what HTH (mentioned by Man of the C) is. I am not sure if it is a fabric or a house. I assume that it is a house but I do not know which kind of house it is when it is a house.
May be it can be responsed under Chat and other lingo in off topic.

HTH = half-timbered house --> Fachwerkhaus