Comments on: home, watery home

By: Lucky Fresh

Lucky Fresh — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 22:27:48 +0000

I think Germans must have a thing about being clear about whether you should drink something or not. I learned some of my first vocab words early on in my first trip there when we visited an old mill. I don’t remember what it was that had the sign on it, but I’m pretty sure it wasn’t something I would have drunk from. But nevertheless, it was labeled “Kein trinkwasser.”

By: Helen

Helen — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 18:22:55 +0000

Not generally! Isn’t that funny? I guess they figured that would be universally understood…although you’d think they could’ve stuck the Chinese character for water up there, too.

By: Will Wurzel

Will Wurzel — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 18:18:14 +0000

Hmmmmmmm…….
The only language I know of in which “water” translates “aqua” is Latin. Are Germans into Latin signage?