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WCDT strips 4056-4060 (29th July to 2nd August 2019)
Drunken Old Man:
I have finally realized my true calling: Dad-For-Hire.
All my daughter's friends have already adopted me anyway. Might as well get paid.
Zebediah:
--- Quote from: Thrudd on 31 Jul 2019, 06:50 ---
--- Quote from: cybersmurf on 31 Jul 2019, 04:44 ---... you know, as an Austrian, given that specific term, I cannot resist to one-up that to "Oachkatzlschwoaf". That's the expression for the tail of the aforementioned animal, and I have never used that word in any other context than making people say something they can't pronounce properly.
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"Oachkazlschwoaf "(Squirrel's tail)
"Oachkatzl"(Eichhörnchen=squirrel) and "Schwoaf" (Schweif=tail) are words that are used to test whether you qualify as a native speaker of the Bavarian/Austrian dialect.
I ran into that and a whole lot more when first visiting my cousins in Karlsfeld many many moons ago. Now it is just a running gag as is my Canadian Accent when speaking German.
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The word for “squirrel” seems to be difficult to pronounce in many languages. My wife, who lived in France for many years and has near-native fluency in French, told me once how hard she had to work to learn the correct pronunciation of “écureuil”.
cybersmurf:
--- Quote from: Zebediah on 31 Jul 2019, 10:18 ---
--- Quote from: Thrudd on 31 Jul 2019, 06:50 ---
--- Quote from: cybersmurf on 31 Jul 2019, 04:44 ---... you know, as an Austrian, given that specific term, I cannot resist to one-up that to "Oachkatzlschwoaf". That's the expression for the tail of the aforementioned animal, and I have never used that word in any other context than making people say something they can't pronounce properly.
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"Oachkazlschwoaf "(Squirrel's tail)
"Oachkatzl"(Eichhörnchen=squirrel) and "Schwoaf" (Schweif=tail) are words that are used to test whether you qualify as a native speaker of the Bavarian/Austrian dialect.
I ran into that and a whole lot more when first visiting my cousins in Karlsfeld many many moons ago. Now it is just a running gag as is my Canadian Accent when speaking German.
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The word for “squirrel” seems to be difficult to pronounce in many languages. My wife, who lived in France for many years and has near-native fluency in French, told me once how hard she had to work to learn the correct pronunciation of “écureuil”.
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But... why? Did they derail the pronunciation, simply because they were squirelly every time they saw one?
Gus_Smedstad:
--- Quote from: SubaruStephen on 30 Jul 2019, 22:00 ---Kraftwerk, Tangerine Dream, and Vangelis are the Holy Trinity of old-school electronica. I would expect ANYONE who is into music to at least know the names.
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I honestly don't know what "anyone who is into music" thinks. My impression has been that, while we all remember the music we listened to in our twenties (which would be Kraftwerk for me), every generation has generally forgotten stuff made 20+ years ago.
Modulo lasting exceptions like the Beetles, of course. It's not a rigid rule.
Incidentally, Tangerine Dream and Vangelis never did anything for me. I couldn't name anything Tangerine Dream did without internet research.
--- Quote from: SubaruStephen on 30 Jul 2019, 22:00 ---And where do Jean Paul Jarre and Orchestral Manouvres In The Dark fit in that trinity?
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That's Jean-Michel Jarre. I'm a huge fan of his work.
I'm not sure he was influential, though. But then, I'm not entirely convinced any of the bands we've named were really influential. I've not heard anything recent that makes me think "that reminds me of Kraftwerk."
Tova:
--- Quote ---Kraftwerk's beats laid the foundations for club music: for hip-hop, synth-pop, techno and house. The sounds they invented have been sampled by hundreds of artists, from Madonna to R.E.M, from Missy Elliott to Fergie. Coldplay and Jay-Z have had hits with their elegant melodies and their image has influenced David Bowie, Daft Punk and Kanye West. We also now live in the kind of world their future-obsessed lyrics predicted: we find Computer Love online, models smile from time to time and Europe Endless exists.
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Why Kraftwerk are still the world's most influential band
It's the Beatles, btw.
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