Now that you mention it, the xenomorph is an excellent image for the illegal alien. Like the xenomorph, the illegal wants to live off the host body and use it to hatch it's brood. Afterwards, it explodes out of the host and leaves garbage all over the place, destroying the hosts heart on it's way.
“Ich bin irritiert.” So I was speaking with a German friend of mine and she said “Ich bin irritiert" does NOT mean "I'm confused." She says it means "I'm irritated," "I'm on edge." So is this a regional thing where in one part of Germany it's "confused" but not in others? As a former German speaker at a very basic level, I'm genuinely interested in this....
I do not know the answer to this. I have never heard anyone in Germany use irritiert in any other context. It was always confused where I lived and grew up. I left Germany in 2003. My only thought is now that English is more and more embedded in Germany and in the German life and more and more people speak it that the natural language development would be to assimilate between the two languages and morph back into being more similar.... Does this make sense to you?
Thanks. My friend is a bit older (married a GI back in the 1980s) has lived here since, but goes back to the Heimat regularly). She said she has never heard of the "I'm confused" translation. Always, "Ich bin verwirrt" or so other variation, but never "irritiert." So we're both "verwirrt" or "irritiert." Or both! 😃
I enjoy your substack very much (especially when you bring in the language/idiom aspect). Am looking to subscribe once a few bills get paid. 😉
Based on your previous posts I'm not sure whether I should offer sympathy or not regarding your mother... anyway it's a sad but increasingly common occurrence as people live longer and fail to die from the diseases that killed our ancestors off in their 50s and 60s
Your mother appears to have declined faster than my MIL, but she got significantly worse after she caught the Wuflu last year. Fortunately in her case she got much of it back when she recovered but not 100%. That's something I've observed with other older people. Aging decline is a ratchet that doesn't go back even when you try and fight it hard
Now that you mention it, the xenomorph is an excellent image for the illegal alien. Like the xenomorph, the illegal wants to live off the host body and use it to hatch it's brood. Afterwards, it explodes out of the host and leaves garbage all over the place, destroying the hosts heart on it's way.
“Ich bin irritiert.” So I was speaking with a German friend of mine and she said “Ich bin irritiert" does NOT mean "I'm confused." She says it means "I'm irritated," "I'm on edge." So is this a regional thing where in one part of Germany it's "confused" but not in others? As a former German speaker at a very basic level, I'm genuinely interested in this....
I do not know the answer to this. I have never heard anyone in Germany use irritiert in any other context. It was always confused where I lived and grew up. I left Germany in 2003. My only thought is now that English is more and more embedded in Germany and in the German life and more and more people speak it that the natural language development would be to assimilate between the two languages and morph back into being more similar.... Does this make sense to you?
Thanks. My friend is a bit older (married a GI back in the 1980s) has lived here since, but goes back to the Heimat regularly). She said she has never heard of the "I'm confused" translation. Always, "Ich bin verwirrt" or so other variation, but never "irritiert." So we're both "verwirrt" or "irritiert." Or both! 😃
I enjoy your substack very much (especially when you bring in the language/idiom aspect). Am looking to subscribe once a few bills get paid. 😉
Cheers!
Just to add, she's from Baden-Württemberg and speaks Schwabisch/Deutsch.
Your winning streak with your husband reminded me that successful married couples have vocabulary sizes that align.
Based on your previous posts I'm not sure whether I should offer sympathy or not regarding your mother... anyway it's a sad but increasingly common occurrence as people live longer and fail to die from the diseases that killed our ancestors off in their 50s and 60s
Your mother appears to have declined faster than my MIL, but she got significantly worse after she caught the Wuflu last year. Fortunately in her case she got much of it back when she recovered but not 100%. That's something I've observed with other older people. Aging decline is a ratchet that doesn't go back even when you try and fight it hard
Let’s put it this way. Nobody should live like this. And I feel bad for her. Does this mean I like her or can forgive? Probably not.