https://www.thduggie.com/thduggies_blog/2007/catch-up-on-the-ghirlandi-entry thoughts and family activities in an industrial suburb Thu, 05 Jul 2007 13:49:55 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.7 https://www.thduggie.com/thduggies_blog/2007/catch-up-on-the-ghirlandi-entry#comment-697 Thu, 05 Jul 2007 13:49:55 +0000 http://www.morbidcornflakes.ch/thduggies_blog/?p=51#comment-697 Oh, great, I forgot to translate. “Die isch doch nit ganz bache” literally means “she’s not completely baked,” or in usual parlance “she’s not quite right in her head.” Using the demonstrative pronoun “die” instead of the regular “sie” adds a derogatory note.

]]> https://www.thduggie.com/thduggies_blog/2007/catch-up-on-the-ghirlandi-entry#comment-696 Thu, 05 Jul 2007 13:33:58 +0000 http://www.morbidcornflakes.ch/thduggies_blog/?p=51#comment-696 “Die isch doch nid ganz bache.” I’m guessing this is Swiss German because Babel Fish, which is pretty weak but often at least somewhat helpful, fails me utterly when I pretend the sentence is German: “Isch nevertheless nid the completely bache.”

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