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sarra commented on the word das sind für mich böhmische dörfer
German equivalent of the Czech 'to je pro mne španělská vesnice', or 'I'm sorry, I haven't a clue'. Lit. 'they're Bohemian villages to me'.
June 10, 2009
sionnach commented on the word das sind für mich böhmische dörfer
I've also heard it with 'spanische Dörfer'.
June 10, 2009
rolig commented on the word das sind für mich böhmische dörfer
Now, let me see if I understand: Czechs find Spanish villages baffling, Germans find Bohemian (i.e. Czech) and Spanish villages baffling, and Anglos find Greek baffling. Very interesting. Slovenes, by the way, also say, To je zame španska vas ("It's a Spanish village to me") to mean "I don't understand a thing about it". (German villages, of course, are typically well-organized and not in the least baffling.)
June 10, 2009
sionnach commented on the word das sind für mich böhmische dörfer
See also hardest language , as well as the discussion on languagelog:
the directed graph of stereotypical incomprehensibility
June 12, 2009