A beginner's guide to German Holidays, including my insane misunderstanding. BONUS: the German word that makes all English native speakers giggle, even if they think they're super mature.
Love your creative linguistic confusion💙 Growing up in Sweden Kristi Himmelsfärdsdag became Kristi Flyday to us teenagers! You might have understood that term easier.
As an ESL speaker in Canada I have my own linguistic confusion story... Sweden has primarily Lutheran churches (like Germany) so the variety of religions and churches was unfamiliar to me⛪️🕌🕍 For 20 years or so, I figured Episcopalian and Equestrian centres were of similar religious ilk, and once made a passing comment "oh, look at all those horses at the Equestrian Church. Must be for summer camps for kids. That's so cool that they include horse riding with Bible study....." My friend enlightened me....💒🐎
As an unapologetic word-nerd (and apparently a twelve year old boy) I gigglesnorted my way through this entire post.
Christi and Maria Himmelfahrt will always, ALWAYS remain as people in my mind and my heart....I'm already imagining what they look like and creating their lore....my sincerest apologies to both religious folk and Germans, especially religious Germans. :) xo
I have now won at life, if I have called forth the elusive gigglesnort. May Christi and Maria live on in our own universe? Perhaps as comic book heroines? I‘m here for it.
Thai is a really fun and funny analysis of Himmelfahrt and more. I've never thought of deconstructing the word, now I cannot unsee it! I live in Freiburg, Germany, where about are you?
Brilliant. When the email arrived, your title killed me dead. Oh, the Jesus driving to the sky conversations we had in language class coupled with drunk fathers singing badly on the Alster in HH on the same day.
I believe my personal fantasy of Jesus in a Porsche convertible, smiling and giving us all the finger while gunning the car vertically like a rocket is valid.
I was today years old when I found out that Fronleichnam isn't Frohe Leichnam. I liked the happy cadaver version better (sniff).
I want a t-shirt with your version of the Himmelfahrt. Of COURSE German Jesus drives a Porsche. Genius. And I say if we can make characters out of the Himmelfahrts, we can absolutely celebrate Frohe Leichnam. I do write murder mystery after all. Stay tuned for a return to Oh! Murder once I pick the novel up again post book launch. Perhaps Happy Cadaver can be a regular column? 🤣🤣🤣
Love your creative linguistic confusion💙 Growing up in Sweden Kristi Himmelsfärdsdag became Kristi Flyday to us teenagers! You might have understood that term easier.
As an ESL speaker in Canada I have my own linguistic confusion story... Sweden has primarily Lutheran churches (like Germany) so the variety of religions and churches was unfamiliar to me⛪️🕌🕍 For 20 years or so, I figured Episcopalian and Equestrian centres were of similar religious ilk, and once made a passing comment "oh, look at all those horses at the Equestrian Church. Must be for summer camps for kids. That's so cool that they include horse riding with Bible study....." My friend enlightened me....💒🐎
This is AMAZING. I would so go to the equestrian church. Hands down it would be the best one.
As an unapologetic word-nerd (and apparently a twelve year old boy) I gigglesnorted my way through this entire post.
Christi and Maria Himmelfahrt will always, ALWAYS remain as people in my mind and my heart....I'm already imagining what they look like and creating their lore....my sincerest apologies to both religious folk and Germans, especially religious Germans. :) xo
I have now won at life, if I have called forth the elusive gigglesnort. May Christi and Maria live on in our own universe? Perhaps as comic book heroines? I‘m here for it.
Thai is a really fun and funny analysis of Himmelfahrt and more. I've never thought of deconstructing the word, now I cannot unsee it! I live in Freiburg, Germany, where about are you?
What a beautiful city! I‘m in Berlin ✨
Brilliant. When the email arrived, your title killed me dead. Oh, the Jesus driving to the sky conversations we had in language class coupled with drunk fathers singing badly on the Alster in HH on the same day.
I believe my personal fantasy of Jesus in a Porsche convertible, smiling and giving us all the finger while gunning the car vertically like a rocket is valid.
I was today years old when I found out that Fronleichnam isn't Frohe Leichnam. I liked the happy cadaver version better (sniff).
I want a t-shirt with your version of the Himmelfahrt. Of COURSE German Jesus drives a Porsche. Genius. And I say if we can make characters out of the Himmelfahrts, we can absolutely celebrate Frohe Leichnam. I do write murder mystery after all. Stay tuned for a return to Oh! Murder once I pick the novel up again post book launch. Perhaps Happy Cadaver can be a regular column? 🤣🤣🤣
I want to pre-order The Himmelfahrts and the Happy Cadavers They Leave Behind.
This is an excellent idea! I can see a whole series: each book is about a different Happy Cadaver?
One in the Porsche, one at the Nürnberg Christmas Market, the possibilities are endless....
Yesssss