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2004-03-08 Europe
Spiegel Magazine goes Nussen!
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Posted by mrp 2004-03-08 5:14:12 PM|| || Front Page|| [11128 views since 2007-05-07]  Top

#1 Bwahahahahahahah!
Posted by .com 2004-3-8 5:24:15 PM||   2004-3-8 5:24:15 PM|| Front Page Top

#2 I was thinking about posting on this yesterday :)
But anyway, the Spiegel readers came back with a vengeance. In a few hours they completely turned around the vote. Now it's 60% for the other side, with a massive output of votes.
Ya know when Germans do something, they leave no child behind! :)
Posted by True German Ally 2004-3-8 5:39:07 PM||   2004-3-8 5:39:07 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 The full German expression is "geht Nussen".
Posted by Mike Sylwester  2004-3-8 5:39:13 PM||   2004-3-8 5:39:13 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 Over the weekend -- it's swung the exact opposite way now :(
Posted by Lu Baihu (aka Edward Yee)  2004-3-8 5:41:00 PM|| [http://edwardyee.fanworks.net]  2004-3-8 5:41:00 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 Nope, "going nuts" has no literal translation... you could say "wird verrückt"

There is an expression for "you are bugging me" that translates as "du gehst mir auf die Nüsse" (like: you're walking on my balls... ouch).
Posted by True German Ally 2004-3-8 5:41:33 PM||   2004-3-8 5:41:33 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 They're retaliating. Bush is losing again. Vote again and again!
Posted by Mr. Davis  2004-3-8 6:00:33 PM||   2004-3-8 6:00:33 PM|| Front Page Top

#7 In a pinch, theres always bablefish:
http://babelfish.altavista.com/

be warned, its a quickie translator and if you dont want to look stupid, translate your text back into english and make sure it still hangs together.

Im a regular reader of speigel and a few other German media sites. Its been quite interesting to listen to whats going on over there lately.

Posted by frank martin  2004-3-8 6:02:02 PM||   2004-3-8 6:02:02 PM|| Front Page Top

#8 Everyone who posts here often knows that I have serious problems with the administration, but I don't mind one little bit when they tick off the Eurotrash.
Posted by Hiryu 2004-3-8 6:19:28 PM||   2004-3-8 6:19:28 PM|| Front Page Top

#9 I voted at least 30 times with no problems. What is with the cookie thing stopping you?
Posted by Anonymous 2004-3-8 6:33:09 PM||   2004-3-8 6:33:09 PM|| Front Page Top

#10 Last time I checked Bush had gotten about 10,000 votes. Unfortunately, that means only about twenty of us voted.

TGA -- thanks for a German lesson I can really use.
Posted by Matt 2004-3-8 6:50:29 PM||   2004-3-8 6:50:29 PM|| Front Page Top

#11 Anonymous - are you sure the last 29 were actual votes? Was there a line of German words in red above the results (can't remember its exact phrasing now)? If so, it was telling you that you had already voted (and this vote didn't count). You have to clear the cookie each time to be able to vote again.
Posted by Barbara Skolaut  2004-3-8 6:51:52 PM||   2004-3-8 6:51:52 PM|| Front Page Top

#12 Anonymous (and anybody else) - just checked the site again. If it says "Sie haben für dieses Vote bereits abgestimmt!" in red above the results, it's saying you've already voted. Clear your cookies and you can vote again. (You just have to clear the one from speigel.)

Wish I remembered more of my German from 30 years ago - I'd love to be able to read more of the article. But I can get the gist of it - they're pissed! :-p
Posted by Barbara Skolaut  2004-3-8 6:57:08 PM||   2004-3-8 6:57:08 PM|| Front Page Top

#13 Actually I have the impression (after reading the article) that they are NOT pissed at all. They got a hell of publicity. Normally 5000 people take part in the polls, for this poll nearly 200000 have voted.

Too bad, I should have started this on Rantburg, I guess Fred would suddenly be famous in Germany :)
Posted by True German Ally 2004-3-8 7:03:39 PM||   2004-3-8 7:03:39 PM|| Front Page Top

#14 Achtung! Freepers!
Posted by mrp 2004-3-8 7:22:03 PM||   2004-3-8 7:22:03 PM|| Front Page Top

#15 Here is Google's translation. Bit rough, but you get the gist.
Posted by tipper 2004-3-8 7:39:11 PM||   2004-3-8 7:39:11 PM|| Front Page Top

#16 How do you delete cookies again?

THX!
Posted by Anonymous2U 2004-3-8 8:03:58 PM||   2004-3-8 8:03:58 PM|| Front Page Top

#17 Of course, you can also say "geht verrückt".
Posted by Mike Sylwester  2004-3-8 8:29:14 PM||   2004-3-8 8:29:14 PM|| Front Page Top

#18 LOL no you can't... it's "verrückt werden" ("ich werde verrückt").
If you want a slang word that would be fitting: "er kriegt die Krise".
Yet I guess this "freeping" won't work: The Nays have the Ayes by 62:24
225000 have voted.
Posted by True German Ally 2004-3-8 8:57:15 PM||   2004-3-8 8:57:15 PM|| Front Page Top

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