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What does "von wegen" mean? | ||
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| Bao Diglot Senior Member Germany tinyurl.com/pe4kqe5 Joined 5577 days ago 2256 posts - 4046 votes  Speaks: German*, English Studies: French, Spanish, Japanese, Mandarin | Message 17 of 18 28 November 2013 at 12:09am | IP Logged |
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Never said I considered it good style. I think I mostly use the expression when trying to sound cute - or when indicating what you just said was ridiculous and I won't treat it seriously because I want to give you a chance to correct yourself without having to lose face so would you please think about what you just said because it was that stupid.
So hearing it used, or even worse, reading it, sounds to me like somebody is suggesting I hold some very unreflected beliefs about the current topic, and that makes me feel defensive and wanting to prove that person they're a dimwit. Or worse, in marketing. 2 persons have voted this message useful | |
 Fasulye Heptaglot Winner TAC 2012 Moderator Germany fasulyespolyglotblog Joined 5658 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 18 of 18 29 November 2013 at 9:06pm | IP Logged |
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The whole discussion is in English, so this thread should be in the "Specific Languages" room.
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