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	eviemouse 2007-03-26 06:52 am UTC (link)
	For some reasons I'm quite annoyed about the macros popping up in the comments that contain grammatically wrong German. The original macro - I won't comment on that; it wouldn't end well. (Reply to this)(Thread)

	eviemouse 2007-03-26 06:52 am UTC (link)
	reason, even. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	barankhy 2007-03-26 09:01 am UTC (link)
	Reading grammatically wrong German always leaves a part of me giggling with teh Mocking Laughter of Mockery, and a part of me is cringing with a bad aftertaste. It's kinda like reading about ~~neonazis~~ ~~Ann Coulter~~ past wanks, in a way. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	onaga 2007-03-26 01:54 pm UTC (link)
	Does it annoy you any more than macros with grammatically wrong English? Like, oh, 90% of the cat macros out there? (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	barankhy 2007-03-26 02:04 pm UTC (link)
	I can only speak for me, but it's the intentionally wrong vs. accidentally wrong that bothers me (okay, bother may be a too strong word), if that makes sense. And the fact that the "Fahren Sie zur Hölle Juden" is stylistically awkward and only calqued - in German, we don't go to hell, we drive there ;-). (Reply to this)(Parent)

	ari_ 2007-03-26 03:34 pm UTC (link)
	When I saw that pic, my first thought was "hell, at least get the German right!", followed closely by "but... what if it's intentionally wrong?". I don't mind the wrong-English, but with the German on it, it's ... wrongly wrong. Which doesn't make sense, but there it is. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

vigilanterodent
2007-03-26 03:51 pm UTC (link)

Maybe it's that there's often a subtle but noticable difference between purposefully wrong grammar and really wrong grammar?

It's a little like the difference between the way English speakers imagine (for example) native French speakers who are kind of but not entirely fluent in English, versus the way those speakers would talk in real life. You know - the "I know the English words 'serendipity' and 'problematize', but I don't know how to say 'yes'" people.

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eviemouse
2007-03-26 04:08 pm UTC (link)

Well, I'm generally one for grammar, so...

No, seriously, many of the English terms used have somehow become catchphrases (not the correct term, I guess?) or in-jokes. The German ones, however, aren't in-jokes at all; most just don't make any sense - it appears someone goes "Oh, Nazi macro, so let's use some German words (or what we think are German words) and string them together to something remotely resembling a sentence". I guess I feel similar to how Japanes people must feel about the fangirl Japanese; only that fangirl German is usually associated with things that Germans nowaday don't want to be associated with anyway, which doesn't exactly make it better.

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shaysdays
2007-03-26 08:20 pm UTC (link)

The English version of a 'German' warning:

ACHTUNG!
ALLES TOURISTEN UND NON-TECHNISCHEN PEEPERS!

Das machine control is nicht für gerfinger-poken und mittengrabben. Oderwise is easy schnappen der springenwerk, blowen fuse, und poppencorken mit spitzensparken. Der machine is diggen by experten only. Is nicht fur geverken by das dummkopfen. Das rubbernecken sightseenen keepen das cotten picken hands in das pockets, so relaxen und watchen das blinkenlights.

The German version of an 'English' warning:
ATTENTION

This room is fulfilled mit special electronische equippment. Fingergrabbing and pressing the cnoeppkes from the computers is allowed for die experts only! So all the "lefthanders" stay away and do not disturben the brainstorming von here working intelligencies. Otherwise you will be out thrown and kicked andeswhere! Also: please keep still and only watchen astaunished the blinkenlights.

I'd say they can give as good as they get.

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	eviemouse 2007-03-26 08:26 pm UTC (link)
	Wow, there's a Wiki entry about this - the internet is an amazing place. "Blinkenlights" is actually a nice word... (Reply to this)(Parent)

	eviemouse 2007-03-26 04:10 pm UTC (link)
	Ah, barankhy put it better than I did. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	jat_sapphire 2007-03-26 07:32 pm UTC (link)
	Well, I liked your explanation. At least fangirl-Japanese users like the Japanese. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	eviemouse 2007-03-26 08:27 pm UTC (link)
	I love Gmail ads. Your comment caused an ad for Japanese loincloths to show up! /random (Reply to this)(Parent)

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