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    1. Re: [GERMANKING] Swearing
    2. Dieter Taube
    3. Roger Stange schrieb: > > I'd hate to tell you what my grandfather used to say!!! :-) :) > HI, and my grandfather...Thuringian Forest would say a long sentence > when exasperated or surprized " Christus der im Himmel steht, Donnerwetter > noch'n mal"..maybe this is a regionalism..has anyone heard this? "Donnerwetter nochmal!" is a rather accustomed modification everywhere, it' s not regional. The first part with Christus (Christ) seems to be a personal ornamentation. It is to strengthen the Donnerwetter sentence. * Dieter

    05/16/2000 03:38:22