Friday, October 27, 2006
Der Bock
Friday is here once more! Tomorrow I enter my last week of being 20 years old, that's two whole decades! Man I feel old! To celebrate we will be going to the footy again, this time Dortmund are the visitors and it will certainly be a tough test for Der Club.
Had a quiet week really which has been a nice change. Yesterday I went out for a drink after work with a few of my colleagues which was nice. My German is good enough now that I always understand the topics, if not every word, and can also join in with the conversations. It seems that the more beer I drink the better my Deutsch becomes, or at least that is my excuse!
My mate Sebastian Wolf (cool name Mr Wolf, I often ask him for the time though obviously he doesn't understand why I am chuckling) introduced me to Bock Bier, typical for this time of year.
Bock has many meanings in German, here are the main ones:
With little thought I knocked back a few whilst relaxing with my colleagues and eating sauer kraut and bratwurst. Typisch Deutsch!
I soon realised that this was no ordinary beer! I then asked Sebastian what the strength of this wholesome beverage was and he informed me that it was 8% vol! Good job I found out early on in the night or I could've shot a big ram! (see what I did there?).
Anyway, we all got a little beschwipst (tipsy) and had a laugh. I'm lucky that there are some really cool people in my office, young and older. I don't know what I would do if I didn't like the people I worked with as I see that much of them!
Nice as they are, I am still relieved to escape the office on a Friday afternoon, living for the weekend!
Had a quiet week really which has been a nice change. Yesterday I went out for a drink after work with a few of my colleagues which was nice. My German is good enough now that I always understand the topics, if not every word, and can also join in with the conversations. It seems that the more beer I drink the better my Deutsch becomes, or at least that is my excuse!
My mate Sebastian Wolf (cool name Mr Wolf, I often ask him for the time though obviously he doesn't understand why I am chuckling) introduced me to Bock Bier, typical for this time of year.
Bock has many meanings in German, here are the main ones:
- der Bock: A horse or a male sheep (ram if you will)I
- Ich habe einen Bock auf... : I want to.... e.g. Ich habe Bock auf Party = I feel like a party
- einen Bock schiessen: Literally translated 'to shoot a ram' but it is used when you make a mistake or fool of yourself, so instead of saying 'Oh no! I've made a mistake' Germans say 'Oh no! I've shot a ram there!' Do you get it? Alles klar?
- Herr Siegmar Bock: He is the guy in charge of Online Communications in our department!
With little thought I knocked back a few whilst relaxing with my colleagues and eating sauer kraut and bratwurst. Typisch Deutsch!
I soon realised that this was no ordinary beer! I then asked Sebastian what the strength of this wholesome beverage was and he informed me that it was 8% vol! Good job I found out early on in the night or I could've shot a big ram! (see what I did there?).
Anyway, we all got a little beschwipst (tipsy) and had a laugh. I'm lucky that there are some really cool people in my office, young and older. I don't know what I would do if I didn't like the people I worked with as I see that much of them!
Nice as they are, I am still relieved to escape the office on a Friday afternoon, living for the weekend!
