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Tender Branson
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« on: March 17, 2015, 11:37:20 AM »

Not really a "slang", but the local Pinzgau-version of the Salzburg/Austro-Bavarian dialect of German.

It means that someone from Northern Germany (like Franzl) is virtually unable to understand what I'm saying.
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Tender Branson
Mark Warner 08
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Posts: 58,197
Austria


Political Matrix
E: -6.06, S: -4.84

« Reply #1 on: March 17, 2015, 11:44:45 AM »

A few good examples:

"driving backwards": aschleng foan (dialect), rückwärts fahren (standard-German)

"bridge railing": Bruggnglanna (dialect), Brückengeländer (standard-German)

"cranberry marmelade": Granggnmarmalad (dialect), Preiselbeermarmelade (standard-German)

"talk": Hoagascht (dialect), Unterhaltung/Gespräch (standard-German)

"pickaback": Bugglkrax (dialect), Huckepack (standard-German)

"native": doega (dialect), Einheimischer (standard-German)

"groundhog": Manggei (dialect) - Murmeltier (standard-German)

"pointless": lafeschdeg (dialect) - zwecklos/sinnlos (standard-German)

"poor guy": heita-mandl (dialect) - armer Mann (standard-German)

"sand avalanche/mudflow": bloak (dialect) - Mure (standard-German)

and a ton of other words that have nothing to do with standard-German ... Wink
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