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Haha, same for me for the language. I grew up in southern Germany, far from the sea, and all the nautical language is just gibberish to me, no matter if in Eng
by weinzierl 2mo ago
Haha, same for me for the language.
I grew up in southern Germany, far from the sea, and all the nautical language is just gibberish to me, no matter if in English or German.
In the 90s, we had a pretty popular HipHop band from Hamburg (close to the sea, Germany's largest port) with a member called "Schiffmeister"[1]
I always assumed "Schiffmeister" was an official German nautical term, but it turned out it isn't and the guy just liked to play Pirates and used the literal translation of "shipmaster" as his pseudonym.
[1] https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fettes_Brot https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fettes_Brot
- stefs 2mo agoi'm a fan of fettes brot too. i didn't know that about schiffmeister! ps: austrian here, i'm about as landlubber as possible.