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| Cabaire Senior Member Germany Joined 5600 days ago 725 posts - 1352 votes  | Message 9 of 20 19 November 2011 at 12:11pm | IP Logged | ||
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In Germany the photographer said traditionally only "bitte lächeln" (please smile) and the photographed do it if he wants to but rests silent.
But in still older times you only looked seriousy and nearly grim into the camera. To show your teeth is a quite recent development. Edited by Cabaire on 19 November 2011 at 12:13pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Mauritz Octoglot Senior Member Sweden Joined 5069 days ago 223 posts - 325 votes Speaks: Swedish*, EnglishC2, Italian, Spanish, Russian, Turkish, Esperanto, French Studies: Old English, Yiddish, Arabic (Written), Mandarin, Korean, Portuguese, Welsh, Icelandic, Afrikaans | Message 10 of 20 19 November 2011 at 1:47pm | IP Logged | ||
Ah, yes, of course! However, I'm certain that I've encountered "lastbil" more often. Maybe we used to have the same photographer every year at school... Edited by Mauritz on 19 November 2011 at 1:47pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Remster Diglot Senior Member Netherlands Joined 4806 days ago 120 posts - 134 votes Speaks: Dutch*, English Studies: German, French | Message 11 of 20 21 November 2011 at 10:27am | IP Logged | ||
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In Dutch, we use ''twee'', or atleast I do.
It means ''two'' and when you put alot of stress on the e, you get the same effect. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
 Iversen Super Polyglot Moderator Denmark berejst.dk Joined 6704 days ago 9078 posts - 16473 votes Speaks: Danish*, French, English, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, Swedish, Esperanto, Romanian, Catalan Studies: Afrikaans, Greek, Norwegian, Russian, Serbian, Icelandic, Latin, Irish, Lowland Scots, Indonesian, Polish, Croatian Personal Language Map | Message 12 of 20 21 November 2011 at 3:02pm | IP Logged | ||
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In Danish: "smil" - which is the same word as "smile" in English, but pronounced like "smeele". We can't use the English idiom because 'cheese' becomes "ost" in Danish. Can you imagine all Danish photo portraits having a big round hole in the middle of the head where the mouth should be?
Edited by Iversen on 21 November 2011 at 3:08pm 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| j0nas Triglot Groupie Norway Joined 5543 days ago 46 posts - 70 votes Speaks: Norwegian*, English, German | Message 13 of 20 22 November 2011 at 9:59am | IP Logged | ||
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^It works the same way in Norwegian.
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 Fasulye Heptaglot Winner TAC 2012 Moderator Germany fasulyespolyglotblog Joined 5848 days ago 5460 posts - 6006 votes 1 sounds Speaks: German*, DutchC1, EnglishB2, French, Italian, Spanish, Esperanto Studies: Latin, Danish, Norwegian, Turkish Personal Language Map | Message 14 of 20 22 November 2011 at 10:05am | IP Logged | ||
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My parents seemed to be influenced by the United States and always said "cheese" but it seems to be common in Germany to say "Bitte freundlich lächeln!" or "Bitte lächeln!". Translation: "Please smile friendly." or "Please smile."
Fasulye Edited by Fasulye on 22 November 2011 at 10:10am 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| giuls Newbie Italy Joined 5019 days ago 23 posts - 31 votes Speaks: Italian* Studies: English, German | Message 15 of 20 23 November 2011 at 4:09pm | IP Logged | ||
"Sorridi" is the Italian translation for "say cheese", but we don't say 'sorridi' while taking pictures. In fact, we also use the English "cheese" as well as "say cheese", which sometimes leads to very funny photos where everybody have an o-mouth shape, because they all ended up shouting 'formaggio' instead. :D Edited by giuls on 23 November 2011 at 4:10pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| mrwarper Diglot Winner TAC 2012 Senior Member Spain forum_posts.asp?TID=Registered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5227 days ago 1493 posts - 2500 votes Speaks: Spanish*, EnglishC2 Studies: German, Russian, Japanese | Message 16 of 20 27 November 2011 at 12:04pm | IP Logged | ||
Wait, don't you just say 'patata' (potato) like everybody else? WTF? Edit: Oh, I see you're probably Catalan. Never thought about it before. I'll have more pictures taken next time I go there ;) (In Catalonia, 'patata' is also used to mean that female body part). Edited by mrwarper on 27 November 2011 at 12:08pm 2 persons have voted this message useful |
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