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TheGenk"Schlag den Raab" is actually a gameshow where one candidate has to beat the moderator (Raab) in a series of games.
) version of top of the pops was called top of the pops.
Btw, the german (don't say Kraut, you Yank!
chingaleraI still use "kraut" like old WW2 vets do as an homage to simpler times....I take this license according to my own justifications based on my personal heritage of Euromutt. Plus, using recognizable stereotypes well,....that's comedy 101
Thanks for the lesson on Sclagen (which the g-translator interprets as "beat" or "strike" while schlag is defined as "shock." So why was that crappy pop music that Germans were cranking-out in the 60's called, Schlagen? Was it meant to refer to 'hits or beats' or 'shocking hits?'
"Schlag den Raab" is actually a gameshow where one candidate has to beat the moderator (Raab) in a series of games.
Btw, the german (don't say Kraut, you Yank! ) version of top of the pops was called top of the pops.
TheGenkYou're pretty spot on, Schlager refers to it being a hit. It's the german equivalent to country, which explains rather nicely why it's crap.
Don't know why the big G thinks schlag should be shock while it is the noun to the verb schlagen (to beat), it is only ever used as shock in the meaning of electric shock.
Thanks for the lesson on Sclagen (which the g-translator interprets as "beat" or "strike" while schlag is defined as "shock." So why was that crappy pop music that Germans were cranking-out in the 60's, Schlagen? Was it meant to refer to 'hits or beats' or 'shocking hits?'
chingaleraHAH! Schlag has the same effect as schlagen for my ears (zzzzZZP!) and the yiddish have their word for it too....Schlock, derived form the Germanic 'schlag'
You're pretty spot on, Schlager refers to it being a hit. It's the german equivalent to country, which explains rather nicely why it's crap.
Don't know why the big G thinks schlag should be shock while it is the noun to the verb schlagen (to beat), it is only ever used as shock in the meaning of electric shock.
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