Sollbauer and Mowatt on Match of the Day Kickabout

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  1. Sta

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    If I ever get to visit Germany again, I'll make sure I use it. Despite being married to a German for 20 years, I'd never heard it before!
     
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    Maybe it's an Austrianism? My colleague who teaches German says there are quite a few regional differences. Plus, having spent a couple of days in Vienna not long ago, it has to be said that their sausages are very special indeed!
     
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    I had to Google it, but in its literal meaning you're right, it's a type of Austrian sausage. I'll check with the missus later, if I ring her now she'll kill me!
     
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    Maybe if you do a video call showing her what exactly you mean by a "special sausage" then she'll be willing to forgive you for waking her up?
     
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    We need another wicket soon, these two are settling in and looking ominous.
     
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    Are you trying to un-lower the tone this thread is taking?!
     
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    I'm concentrating on middle stump :D
     
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    Right, after consulting my German language consultant, Extrawurst is indeed an Austrian sausage, but the idiomatic meaning of "special treatment" is a common general German expression and not confined to Austria.
     
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    Thanks for that. I love idiomatic expressions from other languages.

    We get a frog in our throats. Russians get a furball. Swedes get a chicken.

    We wait for the cows to come home. Russians wait for a crayfish to climb a tree and start whistling.
     
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    My favourite is "keep your eyes peeled". I've had loads of fun trying to explain that to Germans, most responses incorporating a degree of revulsion. The actual translation is a feeble "hold your eyes open".
     
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