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Originally posted by Alderman Barnes View PostExactly the same thing happened to me, and it was in Hamburg about 30 years ago. I wonder if it was the same twat.
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Originally posted by treibeis View PostMy twat was in the café on the corner of Silbersackstraße and Reeperbahn. The café's still there, but it's now run by Iranians, so I doubt whether he still works there. If it were up to me, he'd never work anywhere, ever.
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Originally posted by Alderman Barnes View PostWas a different one, then. Having cast my mind back, I've remembered that mine was in Altona and it was a woman in a - wait for it - Backshop.
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Originally posted by Walt Flanagans Dog View PostI'm confused, why are so people wandering round Hamburg asking for "the" baguette and not "a" baguette?
There's also an old Hanseatic law that stipulates that only one baguette may exist in the city at any one time. People who fail to comply are drowned in a vat of Labskaus.
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Originally posted by treibeis View PostOne of the best things to happen while I've been here was the advent of self-service bakeries. It was such a luxury to buy bread rolls without the person selling them to me shouting, "MannmannmannmannMANN! Was jetzt? Das? Das ist doch kein Nordfriesischer Roggenklotz! Das ist doch ein Dithmarscher Pferdeapfel!"
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Originally posted by Stumpy Pepys View PostIt's an old chestnut I always bang on about, but (at least in Bavaria), das Brot, die Semmel, der Bagel.
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Originally posted by G-Man View PostOh, German grammar fetishists can get worked up about the correct article for Semmel. I think it's regional; in the south, it's feminine, and the further north you go, it's masculine -- or, more likely, das Brötchen.
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Originally posted by Alderman Barnes View PostSemmel is something to do with breadcrumbs.
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Originally posted by G-Man View PostNever heard the word "Schrippe" before. So, to experiment, intuitively I'd say "die Schrippe". What is the correct article?Last edited by Alderman Barnes; 14-12-2018, 23:06.
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Originally posted by G-Man View PostI didn't know that, but now that you mention it, you're quite right. It's a good rule of thumb, but not a reliable indicator. Der Käse, das Finale, das Auge, das Ende, der Friede, der Kunde...
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