European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 03, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Observations a a Quot foreign language anglers fear not you Are not alone Rosemary Sawyer staff writer. Last of two parts. Quot we by did you hear throne about the a b woman who saw so Many Auffahrt a Quot Quot a signs on the German Highway she thought they must Point to Ger Many a largest City you did did you think it was funny Connie Juh of Rici Dahlen Germany did no to. It happened to her in 1970. A a a a Quot a in a cab for the first time on the autobahn i a commented on the word a Gusfa Hrth at each exit a Connie recalls. After six exits she said a boy Auffahrt must be the largest town in  the cabbie laughed until he cried because aus Fuhrt is German for exit. A a in a sure i was referred to Many times As a dumb american a she said. Other a dumb americans wrote to the stars and stripes in response to a request for their funny or embarrassing foreign language gaffes. Joanne Carlsen of Ramstein a Germany was trying to buy fresh Coffee in Comiso Sicily for her new cappuccino machine when her Tongue slipped. A i was so proud of myself when 1 asked for one kilo Coffee non Macchina Quot Joanne wrote. A to my feedback dismay the store clerk . Then she asked me Macinata i Shook my head no. I did not want the Beans ground.�?�. As is often the Case  blunders. Joanne did t realize her mistake until she got a Home. A. Instead of saying. Quot one kilo of Totlee. In a ground Quot she had said Quot one kilo of col Lee no car.�?�. A a. A a a a a a a thankfully the clerk did t ask whether she preferred an Alfa Romeo or Fiat. Frank s. King of Rota Spain surprised his Spanish friends once by telling them he Wasp Reg Nant. While his English Spanish dictionary said Emma Ai meant both pregnant and Embarrass cel. It was not used in Spain to mean the latter. Needless to say King really needed to know the proper word after that one. A tourist whom b. Wayne Matlill of go ppm in Germany heard about tangled w Ith another Spanish a be a word. A the Friend of Wayne a High school Spanish teach Etwas trying to push her Way off a crowded bus in Mexico Quot exc Sado exc Sado Quot the woman said trying to make it to the door through the Jam packed aisles. A. A the word that she thought meant. A excuse me a worked like magic. 1 wonder if crying a bathroom bathroom a would work so Well on a Rush hour bus in Chicago. Denis Doyle of bad 1 Lomburg. Germany looked up the German word for tweezers Only to find out that his dictionary could have been bet a Ter. V a a a a a a a a a a a a Denis did no to Tell us what he needed tin twee. Ers for but when the clerk in a Freiburg depart men store held up what he had asked fort , it probably conjured up some painful. Thoughts. A a a you Sec Knif Angl Means cutting pliers. Pin Cue is the woul Lor the tool you keep in unit Medicine Chest a a.  goodness the Quot locals make mistakes too. Facia once in a while Vou la hear a German in while speaking English. And it you re Sli us Elm with learning a Loreign language the unix Pax serves As Ambrosia to the Eais. 1 his is  germans who claim to speak a a Only a Little a English could replace Alex l Rebek on  Quot a Quot april Alker of Pir Masens told us about such an incident. April had asked her Landlady about whether a nearby Castle was Woiach visiting the  said the Castle was Nice to a look Ait but had Many terrorists. A to thanked her and was is lip pm  me because we certainly did no to want to take of children to a place like that a april said. Just then the woman s daughter walked into the   planned her Mother Luul meant to say to ousts. "1 Don t Leel so bad anymore w Hen 1 mess up Quot april wrote of her attempts to speak German. Quot my Landlady she now laughs w Ith me As i did  a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a. A. Monika Seeba of Malm a. Germany said her family still chuckles about her German immigrant mothers English speaking adventures. A despite having lived nearly 20 years in the United states Monika smother still Hail a Strong accent. While on vacation her Mother went to a Telephone Booth at a Gas station in baskets yield Calit Only to Luul she did no to have Correct change Tor the phone. At 10  with three school age children in Tow her Mother walked into the . Quot politely asked the attendant if he had Quot change Lor the boo a not realizing that germans Quot ill Quot sound sometimes comes out like Quot a a he replied , Don t you think its a Little Early in the morning Lor that a what Are you planning to do with your 4.1percent raise m. Fco its Ltd sgt. Dennis Houck co a senior master sgt. Terry 4tn in 8th inf regt finchum Headquarters Mannheim Germany in a Safe Ramstein a going to save it inflation a Germany probably nothing. Will go Back to the goes up 6 percent we get a i have no real plans. I done to government in higher spec. Bruce Rathbunn 574th Supply co Mannheim Germany some spec. Gloria s. Braxton sgt. Gerald Potter a co 41st trans co Mannheim 11 the signal in Kleber a a Germany i will to putting it Cavern Kaiserslautern toward Bills getting Thorn Germany spend it like paid off quicker. Quot ult it a. A a 1. To. I .1 �?�2&Quot  of 4,1 r of a a cent in Ivy hum i _ its not really much. The Dollar dropping. Gasoline and liquor taxes. The Money left Over i will use wisely i wont go out and make new Bills just because have a couple of Quot extra Bucks to pay them. With. Compiled by slurs and stripes stuff february 3, e39e sunday c face 3