http://www.k-international.com/blog/if-its-all-greek-to-us-whats-it-to-them/ Searching the World for exclusive language stories everyday Thu, 02 Feb 2012 17:56:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 http://www.k-international.com/blog/if-its-all-greek-to-us-whats-it-to-them/#comment-117 JaneRadriges Sat, 13 Jun 2009 17:25:46 +0000 http://www.bloglingua.com/?p=708#comment-117 Great post! I'll subscribe right now wth my feedreader software! Great post! I’ll subscribe right now wth my feedreader software!

]]> http://www.k-international.com/blog/if-its-all-greek-to-us-whats-it-to-them/#comment-116 Alison Fri, 12 Jun 2009 01:44:46 +0000 http://www.bloglingua.com/?p=708#comment-116 Cool! Thanks for sharing that! I'd wondered where that expression came from. Cool! Thanks for sharing that! I’d wondered where that expression came from.

]]> http://www.k-international.com/blog/if-its-all-greek-to-us-whats-it-to-them/#comment-115 Annette Lang Mon, 08 Jun 2009 08:20:22 +0000 http://www.bloglingua.com/?p=708#comment-115 Congrats for your great blog! Just a little comment about the German version. The German expression is: "Ich verstehe nur Bahnhof", which means "I only understand railway station." The expression seems to go back to World War I, when exhausted soldiers were desperately waiting for the permission to go back home. That's when railway station got their symbolic meaning of being allowed to go home. "I only understand railway station" thus meant: "I will not listen to you until you mention the railway station allowing me to leave the front". The expression then evolved from this first meaning of not wanting to listen to not understanding of what somebody says. Have a look at this link: http://www.wer-weiss-was.de/theme143/article906056.html Congrats for your great blog!
Just a little comment about the German version. The German expression is: “Ich verstehe nur Bahnhof”, which means “I only understand railway station.” The expression seems to go back to World War I, when exhausted soldiers were desperately waiting for the permission to go back home. That’s when railway station got their symbolic meaning of being allowed to go home. “I only understand railway station” thus meant: “I will not listen to you until you mention the railway station allowing me to leave the front”. The expression then evolved from this first meaning of not wanting to listen to not understanding of what somebody says.
Have a look at this link:
http://www.wer-weiss-was.de/theme143/article906056.html

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