Grüß Gott!

[Wynfrith]

I just wanted to say hello to the forum. I finally joined after lurking, and as a beginner to the craft will most likely continue to lurk. I do want to thank y'all for the information I have found on this site and forum as it is helpful.

[King's X]

Hello and welcome to the forum!

[TexasJack]

Welcome!

[Jazznow]

Welcome, You tricked me into thinking, another German joined the Forum

[Wynfrith]

Nope, I am just a Texan from both an old Texan-German and Penn-Dutch family, and I am very rusty. It is just that all the Texas post say howdy. I had to be different.

[Sona]

Well.... welcome to the forum and I have to admit, that I thought the same.... even if I wondered how proud dumb some bavarian guys might be to introduce themself in their slang to a forum located in the USA...... but... your explanation changed a lot about that point ^^

Edited April 11, 2014 by Sona

[Wild Bill46]

Hi and Welcome here,

You can lurk for however long you like, CUZ you'll really really like it here more and more !

This LWN is like no other. A goldmine of wealth, friends.

[Black Dogg]

even if I wondered how proud dumb some bavarian guys might be to introduce themself in their slang to a forum located in the USA

Hey Sona,

"Gruess Gott" is actually not bavarian slang (although used there a lot), it's "Hochdeutsch" (high German) for "Greet the Lord". In Bavaria you usually say "Grias Di" ("Greetings to you") or "Servus" ( kinda like "Hi"). Just thought I'd set the record straight .

I know 'cause I grew up just on the other side of the Bavarian border .

Nonetheless, I was fooled, too, when I saw the title.

Lastly, welcome Wynfrith!

Black Dogg

[robertmeco]

Welcome to the forum from a fellow Texan

[Sona]

I am very sorry to disappoint you black dog, but actually I live in bavaria but I am originally from the very north of germany. Yes, over here they say stuff like "griaßde/griaß di", "griaß eana", "servus" (in many variations like "servas" or sometimes even "sers" and that´s slang. But the "grüß Gott" is originally a standart german form of "griaß di god", which is truly bavarian slang. It´s used mostly in upper bavaria where a lot of migrants from the rest of germany live, who often don´t speak the "real" slang (like me ) Besides that it is used in some other regions of bavaria, too like "Franken" i.e. But all in all they just got a lot of (different!) slangs around here.... ^^

In the rest of germany it´s no common phrase. It´s known and used to make a fool of bavarian people now and then, but nobody really uses it in their daily life

Where I come from, they say "moin" or "moinmoin", which a lot of german people think should mean "morgen" (Morning) and they just don´t get it, why we use it all day long and even at night. It´s just a word to say hello to sb but has nothing to do with the time of the day

So well.... enough of that german stuff ^^. (Even if I am impressed how much you know about it ^^.)