#ceela rambles

[tis-i-german-potato]

What is a bonbon?

I was listening to an american podcast and they were talking about bonbons being chocolates which - as a german - confused me, so I decided to look it up.

Apparently the word bonbon in english means what we call Praline??? Huh????

So now I am asking once more: Tumblr what is a bonbon to you?

A: a type of hard candy

B: a type of chocolate

What do you think of as a bonbon?

A are bonbons! (german speaking)

A are bonbons! (not german speaking)

B are bonbons! (german speaking)

B are bonbons! (not german speaking)

Both (please elaborate)

Neither (please elaborate)

Voting ended onJan 5, 2025

[tis-i-german-potato]

The cruel knowledge that even though it hurts, sometimes bad things (ao3 is down) are necessary for a better future (for maintenance). But still we weep and grieve the loss of the things we had while we wait for it to get better...

Stay strong comrades. Our wife will return once she is healthy again.

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Do you know Diddl?

As a kid in Germany especially in the 90s and 00s I think it's impossible to not know Diddl. But what about other nationalities? Have you ever heard of Diddl???

For reference:

This is Diddl:

a german character that started as a postcard set and then turned into a nationwide phenomenon, especially known for its trading pages.

Do you know Diddl?

Natürlich! (german)

Yeah, I know Diddl. (not german)

Who is this mouse? (not german)

I have never seen this (german)

Voting ended onDec 20, 2024

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Was watching a UK reaction channel watching Zootopia and got reminded of the bizarre naming conventions Germany has for movies.

And I was specifically reminded of pirates of the caribbean.

The first movie is just called "Fluch der Karibik" - Curse of the caribbean.

Then starting from the second they changed it to

"Pirates of the caribbean - Fluch der Karibik 2" Like ???? Why did they add the english title to it and then the old german one with a 2??

They then kept the English prefix and started adding german versions of the actual names. So the third is "Pirates of the caribbean - Am Ende der Welt" (at the end of the world) and so on.

The thing tho? No one calls it pirates of the caribbean. It's just called Fluch der Karibik. So even tho they changed the title you'd just say Fluch der Karibik 3 or Fluch der Karibik: Am Ende der Welt. It makes no sense to me that they changed it to the English title after the german one was already so well established...

Anyways german movie titles are hilarious and I love figuring out what movie english speakers are talking about (especially the older ones where they still translated the titles into german)

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I just started Star Trek (TOS) and there are already 13 people dead. At the start of episode 3.

No wonder this ship has hundreds of people on it if every episode multiple of them fucking die.

What do they do with the bodies??? Does Captain Kirk call ground control or something like: Yes hello 20 people died could we exchange the corpses for living ones? Thanks.

I have many questions. All I know about Star Trek is the tension between Spock and Kirk and the german parody Traumschiff surprise.

[tis-i-german-potato]

In face of the unbearably hot weather (for my taste) on the second of may. A question for Tumblr:

What is your preferred temperature range?

(I'm using celsius for obvious reasons)

And I don't mean what you think counts 'objectively as too hot or too cold' I mean in what temperature do you enjoy going outside and doing stuff?

(I can't really account for humidity, since it's kind of the same to me but feel free to clarify in notes and where you're from!)

What is your preferred temperature range? (All temperature is Celsius)

-10° - 0°

0° - 10°

10° - 15°

15° - 20°

20° - 25°

25° - 30°

30 - 35°

35° - 40°

> 40°

I don't go outside ever. (results)

Voting ended onMay 3, 2025

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I need everyone to know that the german word for mullet (the hairstyle) isn't a word at all.

It's the equivalent of calling the mullet "Froshbalo" in english.

Why? Because Vokuhila (the German 'word') is simply "Vorne kurz hinten lang" (Front short back long)

I need everyone to know that.

And I will now start calling a mullet a Froshbalo because honestly that word is banging.

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I need more first meetings between actual german Franziska von Karma & Miles Edgeworth and my-name-is-piano fake accent Klavier Gavin.

Don't get me wrong I love actual german Gavin bros, but the possible hilarity of Klavier who is trying so hard to come across as this cool german guy meeting Fran/Miles for the first time has me in a choke hold.

Klavier: Hallo, Herr Edgeworth! My name is Klavier Gavin, I am one of the new prosecutors, ja?

Miles: ..... welcome Mr. Gavin....

-Later-

Miles: His name is piano, Franzi!!! Who calls their child piano??? And WHAT is it with the bad german accent? He sounds like a Hollywood stereotype. I will only speak german with him tomorrow. Let's see what happens.

The possibilities...please someone who can write better than me do something I beg of you.