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Tim N

14:50

@Hendrik Vogt: Sorry about "Hendrig", all this German makes me mess up voiced/unvoiced consonants all the time :)

Hendrik Vogt

15:09

@TimN No problem. But since it was "k" and "g", I thought it might be worth pointing this out. I kind of expected that it was about voiced/unvoiced consonants :-)

Tim N

German keeps intruding on my English and Swedish.

Auto-complete for comments would be nice.

Gigili

16:06

@HendrikVogt What's wrong with deleting comments? Comments are basically made for deletion, really.

Tim N

Comments are made to have useful information

Gigili

It depends on who left the comment, moderators are exception.

Hendrik Vogt

17:11

@Gigili I think it's best to keep this discussion to the relevant meta post. But Tim is quite right, just deleting all the (non moderator) comments would be a bad idea; many contain very useful additional information.

Gigili

17:47

@HendrikVogt Actually,I was kidding. but deleting comments is not much of a problem, as I got the impression when you wrote "to delete less comments" (something like that) .. anyway, let's never mind , @TimN is quite right sometimes.

Tim N

I'm happy that you can agree on that point :)

Gigili

19:28

"Some people I have to do with frequently call music that plays in radio "Weichspülmusik", [...] ... huh?

Tim N

There's a lot of google hits, but no explanations

Gigili

I don't understand the sentence structure, I read it 5687549 times.

Now, 5687550.

Aha, got it now.

Should be: Some people - I have to do with frequently - call music that plays in radio "Weichspülmusik" [...]

A little bit hard to understand at first sight.

Takkat

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Weichspülmusik for @Gigili

Weichspüler = fabric conditioner

Gigili

@Takkat Awww, danke.

Tim N

Aha!

@Takkat You should write an answer

Takkat

19:43

Soft fabric soft music - oh was there a Q?

Tim N

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Q: What does "Weichspülmusik" mean?

Some people I have to do with frequently call music that plays in radio "Weichspülmusik", like Diese Weichspülmusik möchte ich jetzt nicht hören. I always wonder what that means. Can anyone please clarify?

meaning-in-context

Takkat

kk - I'll write one ty ;)

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A: What does "Weichspülmusik" mean?

In German "Weichspüler" is a fabric conditioner. In TV commercials they always have a very smooth and soft music to underline the softness of fabric after being treated with their product: Here is an example for this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FqjaHlv0Gj4 Whenever people refer to "Weichspü...

Tim N

Nice answer.

Takkat

ty - I always try my best :P

Tim N

@Takkat Is it a guess or are you sure? It contradicts the other answer.

Gigili

19:49

How fast.

Takkat

@TimN no it does not really contradict it. I was tempted to use "fluffy" as well (instead of soft). Of course I cannot offer a scientific reference shrug

Hendrik Vogt

@Gigili OK, didn't realize you were kidding.

Tim N

@Takkat Hm, I interpreted the Tomalak's as the music you here on popular radio channels, and yours as music you here in elevators.

Perhaps it's the same, I haven't tried any German elevator :)

Gigili

@HendrikVogt Haven't notice you were serious.

H.B.

The term is not very common, the german equivalent of elevator music is used quit frequently though.

Takkat

19:52

@TimN but people that say "Weichspül-" can't possibly think of anything else as a "Weichspüler" there is no other meaning.

Gigili

@TimN Maybe they play radio in the elevators.

Takkat

"Fahrstuhlmusik" is well known

(could add that to my answer)

Tim N

Aha, I see

Never heard Fahrstuhl before, is that the same as Aufzug?

I should write a question

Takkat

Yeah it's a bit old-fashioned but used with music

I'd say it's more elegant to ask for the "Fahrstuhl" ;)

Tim N

It sounds awesome, too

I'm imagining a rocket-enabled chair

Takkat

19:57

you can imagine the sound it makes - "fahren" not "rasen" ;)

Tim N

Heh.

On the other hand, Aufzug sounds like a vertical train.

Takkat

whenever I am in one of those glas elevators I am impressed how slow they are

Here's another word for you: Fahrstuhlknopf

it's the button you need to press

Tim N

If you're in an Aufzug, you press Fahrstuhlknöpfe, not Aufzugknöpfe?

Takkat

me yes - i don't know about the youngsters :P

they may simply press "auf 4"

Tim N

I'll try to spend some time in elevators, for science :)

Takkat

20:01

Fahrstuhlkonversation: Zzzzz (door opens) "Morgen" - "Morgen" - "Wohin?" - "Auf 4" - Zzzz absolute quietness

3

not a single syllable too many

Tim N

I make so many mistakes speaking that people always have something to talk about

Takkat

that's regional: go to Köln or Düsseldorf if you want to talk a lot!

they never stop there

Tim N

"Morgen" "Morgen" "Wohin?" "Bei/an/nach/bis/zu 4"

Gigili

Zzzz is not a door opening sound =/

Tim N

It's a slow-elevator sound

Takkat

20:04

How do doors open at yours?

Tim N

People talk all the time here too, it's great.

Gigili

It's bee's sound

Tim N

A sleeping bee's?

Gigili

@Takkat giiiiiiiiiiiiiizh (I doubt if you know how to pronounce 'zh')

Takkat

kk summ, summ then?

Gigili

20:05

@TimN the one which just woke up, actually.

Takkat

really that many iiii ? :D

Tim N

:D Never talk to an Iranian bee in monospace

Gigili

Even more, depends on the elevator really !

Tim N

Oh, it was the elevator.

Takkat

Oh yes I heard some clonky donky noises that scare you away!

Gigili

20:09

"Zzzzz" was a nickname I chose when I was young.

30 years ago!

Takkat

@Gigili Sorry @Gigili - how could I know. 30 years ago even me was young!

Gigili

@Takkat At least there was no elevators at that time (?), or they made more interesting sounds at the beginning.

Takkat

they still have paternosters at some places

When I was a kid they started to have escalators - that was fun!

Gigili

Escalators are not that old here!

Takkat

They are far older in other places as well ;P

But "Rolltreppe verkehrtrum" was a great game for me little boy then...

Tim N

20:19

Verkehrtrum?

H.B.

Going up where it goes down

Takkat

verkehrt herum - upside down?

Tim N

Aha, but that's still fun

Takkat

@HB: yeah!

@TimN you're younger...

Tim N

:)

Gigili

20:21

@Takkat I always wanted to do that, but never could

Tim N

@Takkat You can't keep up anymore?

H.B.

@Tim, are you at LMU?

Tim N

@HB, TUM

Takkat

@TimN I can't really - just about a bit too old to think I could :P

Gigili

GLU

H.B.

20:22

@TimN You can study German there?

Tim N

@HB: Yep, they've got a lot of evening courses.

H.B.

@TimN Interesting, i've been in the TU Physics building once but just for a visit, i'm at LMU.

Tim N

Aha, what are you studying?

H.B.

@TimN Click my profile and see my parent site you may guess :P

Tim N

I don't spend much time in the physics department, I'm mostly in electrical engineering now

Well, there's a lot of people programming for fun...

H.B.

20:25

@TimN Of course, but i do study that

@TimN I heard some building was quite a maze, but that might have been the chemistry one

Tim N

In Garching I've only been in the physics building. I got lost that time, though, and when I finally found the room (15 minutes late), I found out that the mentor classes wouldn't start until the next week

H.B.

@TimN Haha, happens.

@TimN This semester i thought i'd have three tutorials one day but two were scheduled to start the next week and the third one was called off.

Tim N

@HB Heh, tutorials are hard. All three of my tutorials were apparently supposed to start the week after the lecture start, but they said that during the (German) lectures . I went to all three.

Fortunately I wasn't the only one who missed that for any of them, so it was OK

H.B.

@TimN It's pretty much the default that tutorials start in the second week.

Tim N

Sounds reasonable

H.B.

20:33

@TimN Of course, as there is nothing to talk about if the lecture has just started.

Gigili

ich kenne "boah ey" aus dem film "manta manta"

If it can be an answer !

@TimN My edit was rejected, do you know why?

Tim N

@Gigili Because the original text is clear, but not the suggested edit.

Gigili

It has mistakes!

*"in radio"

Tim N

Yes, you could fix that :)

Wouldn't surprise me if they say "in radio" somewhere though, even if I'd say "on the radio"

Gigili

20:49

I did! ok, no problem .. you're moderator.

Something that wouldn't surprise you is not necessarily correct!

Tim N

vergammelt is pronounced like fer..., right?

Takkat

right!

Tim N

Danke

Takkat

21:07

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one of my favourite...

Tim N

Spass :) Ich hatte nicht von Loriot gehört.

Takkat

Loriot is a must!

Tim N

Yes, I noticed!

Takkat

everybody knows (and loves) his sketches - they are brilliant (and very German btw)

Für mich ist's Zeit in's Bett zu gehen - Gute Nacht!

Tim N

21:24

Gute Nacht!

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