German railways shunt English into sidings (BBC News)
 

German rail company Deutsche Bahn, is replacing English signs on the rail network with German, the BBC's Steve Rosenberg reports.

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Now THERE'S something I'd not seen before - the (translated) German expression for 'short term parking' is 'kiss & ride' !!
Do you reckon there's a different expression for longer periods of parking, based on those passengers/motorists with a more, errr.. intense personal relationship? :D:D:D

Yeah; "No kissing, get on and get off quickly." :p

No, I meant something a tad more lingering, and a little more steamy.... (and I don't mean a delayed Flying Scotsman). :D:D:D

Unfortunately most long term intimate relationships run out of steam after a while though. :(

True, but after a short period of servicing, and a relaxing ciggie, it's easy to fire up again, maybe with the use of an automatic stoker.... :D:D

I remember when the UIC held their meeting at the RTC in Derby

Everywhere there were trilingual temporary signs, but I was particularly tickled to see that the equivalents in German and French for "Car Park" were "Parkplatz" and "Place du Parquing"

In 1991, myself and a group of railway enthusiast friends spent four days in West Germany, visting loco depots in the Koln area. We stayed in a hotel in Dortmund, and I was amused by the sign on the door to the bathroom - 'bad kamer.' I had visions of Neil, from The Young Ones, sitting on the lav saying 'Oh no, bad karma - again!' :D:D:D

I think we are mistaking English for American phrases. With the spread of the golden arches and every other franchise from over the pond, this German backlash is aimed at them not us!!

Here in Cheltenham at GCHQ, the spy centre, the place where taxis and the general public pick up and drop people off has always been known as the "kiss and drop", which is quite logical if you consider that very often it is husband or wife dropping off partner.

You not mistaking that for kiss & tell at GCHQ are you??

The human behaviours around the kiss and drop thing has always fascinated me. I sat in an office opposite Chelmsford station for a couple of years, and every day men would drive to the station, stop, kiss the wife, jump out the car and go catch the train. Their wives would then get out the passenger seat walk round the car, get in the drivers seat and presumably drive it home again. This would happen dozens of times a day and often in reverse in the evenings. Why were these men so insecure that they found it impossible to let their wives drive them to and from the station ? :o I never did understand this.

If you park long enough to get out of the car and walk round it these days you will probably get clamped before putting your seat belt back on!!

It's probably the "This is MY car, it's an extension of my personality" syndrome. (Or somesuch):rolleyes:

Regards, 62440.:D

Having signed the official secrets act my lips are sealed.

taxi drivers lips sealed
 

There's something you dont expect to find in a large city like London. How many taxi drivers want to tell you who's been in this cab mate!!:rolleyes: