Fliegermaus

[Vagrant]

Even with the "good camera" these guys are tough to catch on video
http://myspacetv.com/index.cfm?fuseacti ... d=42140791

[Vanagas]

[Vagrant]

Fliegermaus is German for "Bat"

[El Gringo]

I love bats, hope they dont go the same path as the honeybee.
Thanks for the new word

[79spitfire]

I'll have to remember the name!

Good job Vagrant, Bats are as common as bugs here, but they are small and hard to see, let alone get on film!

[Vagrant]

I'll have to remember the name!

Good job Vagrant, Bats are as common as bugs here, but they are small and hard to see, let alone get on film!

I hope that's right, it's based on my attempt to phonetically spell a term I heard once
If anyone knows for sure feel free to correct me

[tequiza]

You were very close Al, Fledemause= flying mouse.

[tr4252]

So would the batmobile be called der FledemauseSonderkraftzeug Ausf.A?

Tom

[tequiza]

So would the batmobile be called der FledemauseSonderkraftzeug Ausf.A?

Tom

I'm guessing more along the lines of a FledemausePanzerbefehlswagen for the batmobile.
teq

[natcherly]

And I thought this forum was going high-brow with a thread devoted to an Opera.
Some years ago, my wifey scored tickets to a local production of this comedic work by J. Strauss. Like most operas, the storyline is ridiculous and contrived, but the music, costumes and scenery were fine. I just can't stand all those "classically trained" voices. What comes out of some of their mouths is akin to hearing a 747 take off. One Opera per Decade is my limit.

[Vagrant]

And I thought this forum was going high-brow with a thread devoted to an Opera.
Some years ago, my wifey scored tickets to a local production of this comedic work by J. Strauss. Like most operas, the storyline is ridiculous and contrived, but the music, costumes and scenery were fine. I just can't stand all those "classically trained" voices. What comes out of some of their mouths is akin to hearing a 747 take off. One Opera per Decade is my limit.

Close - [that's where I heard it] one of the Germans I was working with had it on cassette

[Vagrant]

You were very close Al, Fledemause= flying mouse.

It is interesting that the association of bats to "flying" mice is both wrong and cross cultural
I've worked with lots of nationalities and German was always the most likely for the "idiom" to translate