The Aardvark Speaks: Can't translate this, sorry

October 31, 2003

Can't translate this, sorry

From late September to late March there are myriads of hot chestnut (Maroni) stands all over Vienna, which usually sell hot chestnuts and hot potatoes. However, between last March and this October, a curious change seems to have taken place.

Up to March, the typical order for hot potatoes at one of these stands was:

"Einmal Kartoffel bitte."

This season, however, the typical hot potato order seems to be:

"Einmal Wetsches bitte."

Never mind that about ten years ago, it was:

"Einmal Erdäpfel bitte."

We are being assimilated.

Posted by Horst on October 31, 2003 12:50 AM to my so-called life | Tell-a-friend

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John Keys said on October 31, 2003 10:37 AM:

Wetsches? Which dialect is that, then?

Horst said on October 31, 2003 12:43 PM:

Denglisch. It's used for potato wedges, which have become the latest craze.

RokkerMur said on October 31, 2003 09:48 PM:

Potatoes are shit, but not all ;))
Greets from VIENNA :)

nora said on October 31, 2003 11:15 PM:

wetsches ... i'm lovin' it. wetsches and pommess ... hihi...

dieter said on November 5, 2003 11:12 AM:

Never mind the Erdäpfel. I am also Austrian and they are more alien to me than Kartoffeln.

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