K.J. ElphinstoneHow are you?
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josh susser@KatyElphinstone my usual answers:
"Hanging in there."
"As well as can be expected."
"Not bad for a Monday."
"Every day's an adventure!"
Aha yes! I like no.2.
Jan (DL1JPH)@KatyElphinstone
My usual response is "Ich bastel' mich durch", which roughly translates to "still making progress somehow" - though it works a bit better in German.
My usual response is "Ich bastel' mich durch", which roughly translates to "still making progress somehow" - though it works a bit better in German.
I like the Italian response, "si tira avanti"... roughly translating to "one drags oneself onwards"
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@KatyElphinstone
It's one of those expressions that are almost impossible to translate - a colloquialism relying on an idiom. The literal translation would be something like "I'm tinkering with ways to get through", which doesn't exactly roll off the tongue...
It's one of those expressions that are almost impossible to translate - a colloquialism relying on an idiom. The literal translation would be something like "I'm tinkering with ways to get through", which doesn't exactly roll off the tongue...
Ahh yes I know this in German, now you mention it...
Basteln like doodling 🙂
I'm doodling my way through... Hm.
@KatyElphinstone
Doodling would be closer to "kritzeln" or "malen" - "basteln" refers to handicraft or tinkering. Especially when used in the latter sense, it strongly implies "don't necessarily know what I'm doing"
Doodling would be closer to "kritzeln" or "malen" - "basteln" refers to handicraft or tinkering. Especially when used in the latter sense, it strongly implies "don't necessarily know what I'm doing"
Yes... that's so true (wracking brains & imagining their Oma playing with my kids)...basteln is actually more like gluing & making, crafting...yes. Sorry about that!
Tinkering. I see.
That's good to know....
Hm I don't know where I got doodling from!!
@KatyElphinstone
I'd guess because both are commonly referred to together in regards to children's activities - "malen und basteln" is one of the more common phrases used in this context.
For adults, "basteln" is often used in the context or trying to build/fix something when they clearly don't know how to and likely trying it with the wrong (or very cheap) tools. Success is optional.
I like "success is optional" 😊
@KatyElphinstone
That's what I meant when I said that little phrase is almost impossible to translate... There's a lot of implied but commonly understood meaning there, which is virtually guaranteed to get lost in translation.
That's what I meant when I said that little phrase is almost impossible to translate... There's a lot of implied but commonly understood meaning there, which is virtually guaranteed to get lost in translation.
Zeitreisender@KatyElphinstone
One of the northern german answers would be "I have to", or short "Muss".
One of the northern german answers would be "I have to", or short "Muss".
PrimeroFinSuper 😊
Love it.
Sara Joy 
@KatyElphinstone my responses are often one of:
Coping
Tired
Alright enough
Bernie Luckily Does It@KatyElphinstone If you ask me that question you're likely to get an honest answer.
lizzzzard@BernieDoesIt and then people don't know how to deal with it, tss. @KatyElphinstone
Bob Jamieson@KatyElphinstone I tend to be more of a "pick yourself up, dust yourself down and do it all over again" until you succeed person. Maybe it`s because I spend my time doing that that I am not very "successful" 😀