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[The Grock in the Frock]

been to my e mail and just read how to do new thing,i noticed you do launguages,can you do german by any chance?

[Chantal]

No, I'm learning Italian although I do understand a little spoken German. However, my mother is fluent and also excellent at reading and writing. Why do you ask?

[The Grock in the Frock]

husband picked up one of those beer drinking mugs and its got german writting on the side and we were trying to read it,by the way....bronto bronto,a bablesia bambino.the only italian i know

[Chantal]

Grock cara, the only Italian word there is bambino! What do you think it means?

Ciao

[Deb P]

You can get a translation online if you really want to now what it says, go via Google; ity will probably turn out to be a rude toast, they're about the only things I know how to say in several different languages, funny that...

[The Grock in the Frock]

fhin i should have wrote pronto,pronto,any way its supposed to say quick its a beautiful baby girl.think ill stick to french and welsh

[Chantal]

OK Grock, it should be


Pronto, pronto, e una bellissima bambina

if it's a baby boy, just change it to

Pronto, prono, e un bellissimo bambino

Have you been someone's birthing partner recently? In Italy?

Ciao amore

[Chantal]

Grock, I forgot to say, send me the German you want translating and I'll find out what it means.

[The Grock in the Frock]

bei froher laume geitrem schmank mog mmiden dir der kugle trank.i think the spellings are right although there kind of in gothic writting on the other side it says auf der alm ist es schon.hope you can help....nos da chantal and diolch yn fawr iawn

[pigletwillie]

Grock,

either your spellings got worse or thats a bit of the old Welsh creeping in.

[Johnboy]

Hi Both,
Another piece of useless information is that I do French Evening Classes and because the classes I attend are in Powys you can also take Welsh but the cost of Welsh Classes is double that of French hence when it comes to beginning the classes they never go ahead because they don't get enough people.
Not a lot of people know that! (read in Michael Caine voice)

[lizzie]

Grock, you've surprised me!!! I thought you could only ask for alcohol in Welsh!!!

After all this time. Mind you, if something is written on Joes mug i'd put money on it saying something filthy!!!!

[Vivien]

Hmm...not too sure of the spellings. That gothic stuff is really difficult to read and it's probably in a southern dialect that makes it even worse! It's something along the lines of 'you'll be in a great mood if you have tasted the whole of the bowl (perhaps mug), and the other bit 'auf der alm..' is that it's beautiful on the alpine pasture. Sorry, couldn't see any smutty words in there. Maybe there's something at the bottom of the mug as well as around the sides.

[lizzie]

Vivien, aren't you clever!!! I was wrong there. I've always wanted to speak another language. Will have to go to night school I suppose.

I'm sure Grock and Joe will be thrilled now they know what's written on it.

[The Grock in the Frock]

nice one viv,its hard to read the spelling but heres some more. wer achtzig jahr dom biere trinkt als greis erst in die grube sinkt.can you work that one out viv.merci beaucoup viv and bonne nuit xxx