German Rant

[Paddy]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/8519246.stm

"Mr Aschenbrenner had come to the conclusion there was just too much English on the German railways.

"At the railway station, a woman in front of me was unable to operate the ticket machine because the word Cancel was on the display. She pronounced it in the German way tsan-tsel and she asked me 'what is tsan-tsel'?

"And I got a little bit angry why Deutsche Bahn doesn't use German expressions for this."

Franz Aschenbrenner believes the phrase Service Point is too confusing, the expression Kiss and Ride too idiotic. So he wrote to his local member of parliament. "

[doodab]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/8519246.stm

"Mr Aschenbrenner had come to the conclusion there was just too much English on the German railways.

"At the railway station, a woman in front of me was unable to operate the ticket machine because the word Cancel was on the display. She pronounced it in the German way tsan-tsel and she asked me 'what is tsan-tsel'?

"And I got a little bit angry why Deutsche Bahn doesn't use German expressions for this."

Franz Aschenbrenner believes the phrase Service Point is too confusing, the expression Kiss and Ride too idiotic. So he wrote to his local member of parliament. "

I do feel a bit sorry for the ones who can't press the little german flag button to get it back into their own language.

I like the idea of Kiss and Ride. Sounds like the perfect way to pass a long train journey.

[HairyArsedBloke]

He'd love living round here - many signs don't even use the same characters as German or English.

[NotAllThere]

tsan-tsel would be spelled zanzel, not cancel.

But what was wrong with "abbrechen"? That's what I get on the popups in my German version of XP.

[BoredBloke]

That's the germans for you. Why use 8 letters for a word when you could use 30. Spelling tests must be a nightmare for German kids and ContractorDE must simply be full of spell check police!

[VectraMan]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/8519246.stm

"Mr Aschenbrenner had come to the conclusion there was just too much English on the German railways.

"At the railway station, a woman in front of me was unable to operate the ticket machine because the word Cancel was on the display. She pronounced it in the German way tsan-tsel and she asked me 'what is tsan-tsel'?

"And I got a little bit angry why Deutsche Bahn doesn't use German expressions for this."

Franz Aschenbrenner believes the phrase Service Point is too confusing, the expression Kiss and Ride too idiotic. So he wrote to his local member of parliament. "

I may only have reached improvers level German, but isn't that rant in English?

[shaunbhoy]

I think we should leave the organisation and running of all european railways to the Germans. Say what you like about them but they have an impressive track record for transporting people from all across europe on the trains without losing too many.

[chef]

experience of munich - cologne direct, 4.5hr journey, friday afternoon/evenings

1st attempt - half the train didnt arrive in munich so I had to stand all the way as reservation was in non-arriving part
2nd attempt - arrived 1hr 20 late
3rd attempt - no issues
4th attempt - arrived 40 mins late

I prefer Germanwings

[Mich the Tester]

I may only have reached improvers level German, but isn't that rant in English?

Is that a new PC term for 'crap but turns up to lessons'?

[Paddy]

I prefer Germanwings

Is it that time of month?