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[zinniabooklover]

 

[bluemoon7]

Didn´t know Elton John had a bro who is a musician as well lol

 

[zinniabooklover]

 

[bluemoon7]

I love London! It´s been too many years ...

 

[zinniabooklover]

Headley Heath (Surrey, England) butterfly walk

 

[Fuzball]

 

[zinniabooklover]

Any time is a good time to post photos of Bruce Swedien.

 

[Fuzball]

 

[Fuzball]

 

[bluemoon7]

Reminds me of the Schmetterlinghaus in Vienna

 

[@mjfanatic777]

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That's look beautiful!

 

[Agonum]

 

[zinniabooklover]

Reminds me of the Schmetterlinghaus in Vienna
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Oh, what a beautiful Victorian glass house. At least, it looks very like the Victorian glass houses we have in Britain. The whole building is fabulous, the carvings, the engineering, the materials used ...

I love it.

 

[bluemoon7]

Alter Schwede!

disclaimer: no disrespect to Bruce Swedien, I just had to use this perfect opportunity to place this German exclamation of awe lol

 

[Agonum]

Reminds me of the Schmetterlinghaus in Vienna
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Cool!

Fjärilshuset, Solna.

 

[zinniabooklover]

That's look beautiful!

I haven't visited it but I thought the photos were so lovely.

 

[zinniabooklover]

Alter Schwede!

disclaimer: no disrespect to Bruce Swedien, I just had to use this perfect opportunity to place this German exclamation of awe lol

 

[@mjfanatic777]

I haven't visited it but I thought the photos were so lovely.

They certainty are!

 

[Agonum]

Alter Schwede!

disclaimer: no disrespect to Bruce Swedien, I just had to use this perfect opportunity to place this German exclamation of awe lol

HAHAHAHAHA what a glorious expression!! What’s the backstory there?

 

[zinniabooklover]

Alter Schwede!

disclaimer: no disrespect to Bruce Swedien, I just had to use this perfect opportunity to place this German exclamation of awe lol

Google translate tells me it means Gosh! Is that right?

 

[bluemoon7]

HAHAHAHAHA what a glorious expression!! What’s the backstory there?

let me research this ...

Google translate tells me it means Gosh! Is that right?

It is an exclamation of awe, like "wow!"

 

[zinniabooklover]

let me research this ...

It is an exclamation of awe, like "wow!"

oh, well, in English both could be used. Gosh and wow don't have the exact same meaning. It depends on the context, of course. But there is certainly some overlap. Wow does seem to be a better translation, though.

 

[Agonum]

let me research this ...

It is an exclamation of awe, like "wow!"

What does an old Swede have to do with situations like those?

 

[bluemoon7]

Wikipedia (concerning the expression ALTER SCHWEDE)




bahaha they even "translated" "my dear swan" and "thunderlittle" lmaooo

 

[bluemoon7]

oh, well, in English both could be used. Gosh and wow don't have the exact same meaning. It depends on the context, of course. But there is certainly some overlap. Wow does seem to be a better translation, though.

Interesting, in the USA "Gosh" is more used when someone is annoyed about something. That is at least how I perceived it, and it could be wrong/just me

 

[Agonum]

Interesting, in the USA "Gosh" is more used when someone is annoyed about something. That is at least how I perceived it, and it could be wrong/just me

Napoleon Dynamite certainly use it when annoyed.

 

[Agonum]

@Fuzball, you old Swede, where did you go?

 

[bluemoon7]

Napoleon Dynamite certainly use it when annoyed.

Who is this?

 

[zinniabooklover]

Interesting, in the USA "Gosh" is more used when someone is annoyed about something. That is at least how I perceived it, and it could be wrong/just me

I think there are two things going on. American English is so significantly different to English English and I think sometimes people don't appreciate how big the gap is.

Gosh is kind of oldfashioned nowadays and doesn't get used as much as it used to. It's still around and still has different ways it can be used but it's not really standard any more. We don't usually use Gosh when we're annoyed, though.

 

[Agonum]