Frank Benoit wrote:
> Robert Fraser schrieb:
>> I'm going to be in Munich from June 24-27, Venice June 28-July 1, Rome
>> July 2-3, and Frankfurt on July 4, if there are any D users in the area
>> who want to meet up. Like your typical American, I can only speak
>> English, though ;-P (I might be able to manage some Japanese...).
> 
> Nice trip. Pity, i am in Stuttgart that is 200km from Frankfurt and
> 220km from München.

Excellent! Then you can se Robert in both towns!

On Mon, 11 May 2009 11:54:45 +0200, Georg Wrede <georg.wrede@iki.fi> wrote:

> Walter Bright wrote:
>> BCS wrote:
>>>> No problem. In Germany, at least, the only German necessary in order
>>>> to get along famously is:
>>>>
>>>
>>> let me guess:
>>>
>>>> Ein Bier bitte!
>>>
>>> Beer!
>>>
>>>> Noch ein Bier bitte!
>>>
>>> No Beer!
>>  More Beer!
>>
>>>> Wo ist der WC?
>>>
>>> To much Beer!
>>   Beer is the same in all languages!
>
> Swedish: öl.
> Finnish: olut.
>
> Couldn't resist. :-)

http://www.geocities.com/mosvends/beer.html

--
 Simen

Georg Wrede wrote:
> Walter Bright wrote:
>> BCS wrote:
>>>> No problem. In Germany, at least, the only German necessary in order
>>>> to get along famously is:
>>>>
>>>
>>> let me guess:
>>>
>>>> Ein Bier bitte!
>>>
>>> Beer!
>>>
>>>> Noch ein Bier bitte!
>>>
>>> No Beer!
>>
>> More Beer!
>>
>>
>>>> Wo ist der WC?
>>>
>>> To much Beer!
>>
>>
>> Beer is the same in all languages!
> 
> Swedish: öl.
> Finnish: olut.
> 
> Couldn't resist. :-)

Or you could just say bisse, which is close to English. =)
(In Finnish that is)

O.

Olli Aalto wrote:
> Georg Wrede wrote:
>> Walter Bright wrote:
>>> BCS wrote:
>>>>> No problem. In Germany, at least, the only German necessary in order
>>>>> to get along famously is:
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> let me guess:
>>>>
>>>>> Ein Bier bitte!
>>>>
>>>> Beer!
>>>>
>>>>> Noch ein Bier bitte!
>>>>
>>>> No Beer!
>>>
>>> More Beer!
>>>
>>>
>>>>> Wo ist der WC?
>>>>
>>>> To much Beer!
>>>
>>>
>>> Beer is the same in all languages!
>>
>> Swedish: öl.
>> Finnish: olut.
>>
>> Couldn't resist. :-)
> 
> Or you could just say bisse, which is close to English. =)
> (In Finnish that is)

Bisse, like stobe, are mostly known in the capital metro area, and the bilingual South-West coast. Kalja is used all over. But then, one can hardly find anybody even in the most rural areas, who wouldn't know the English word beer.

On Mon, May 11, 2009 at 12:12 AM, BCS <none@anon.com> wrote:

> 4) No Beer, I'm giving a presentation tomorrow. (OTOH... *Lots More Beer!*)

I know alllll about that one.

Robert Fraser wrote:

> Rome
> July 2-3

If you will be in Milan (500KM from Rome) let me know :)

Jarrett Billingsley wrote:
> On Mon, May 11, 2009 at 12:12 AM, BCS <none@anon.com> wrote:
> 
>> 4) No Beer, I'm giving a presentation tomorrow. (OTOH... *Lots More Beer!*)
> 
> I know alllll about that one.

Giving a presentation while hung over has got to be a terrible experience!

Walter Bright wrote:
> Jarrett Billingsley wrote:
>> On Mon, May 11, 2009 at 12:12 AM, BCS <none@anon.com> wrote:
>>
>>> 4) No Beer, I'm giving a presentation tomorrow. (OTOH... *Lots More Beer!*)
>>
>> I know alllll about that one.
> 
> Giving a presentation while hung over has got to be a terrible experience!

It's a rite of passage, after it you're eligible for politician, key account manager, and the AA.

On Mon, May 11, 2009 at 12:35 PM, Walter Bright <newshound1@digitalmars.com> wrote:
> Jarrett Billingsley wrote:
>>
>> On Mon, May 11, 2009 at 12:12 AM, BCS <none@anon.com> wrote:
>>
>>> 4) No Beer, I'm giving a presentation tomorrow. (OTOH... *Lots More
>>> Beer!*)
>>
>> I know alllll about that one.
>
> Giving a presentation while hung over has got to be a terrible experience!

Thankfully lunch made me feel better, but I still wasn't 100% :S

Walter Bright wrote:
> Jarrett Billingsley wrote:
>> On Mon, May 11, 2009 at 12:12 AM, BCS <none@anon.com> wrote:
>>
>>> 4) No Beer, I'm giving a presentation tomorrow. (OTOH... *Lots More Beer!*)
>>
>> I know alllll about that one.
> 
> Giving a presentation while hung over has got to be a terrible experience!

That's why they invented the "hair of the dog" method.