@tryptameanie 976472 wrote:
:lol_big_ what is it with you and oompah music#/
one reason is youtubes copyright fed robot rarely flags it; but I do quite like it (as well as the bagpipes). I am not 100% sure myself why ; I may have got this amongst other habits from Dad although many of my current experiments are inspired by the radio enthusiasts of his age from NL and DE.
Also in 1971 when Dad got mum pregnant due to mixing up “artificial methods + the rhythm method and getting his maths/wrong + not asking Mum all the intimate questions that are required for it to have a chance of working” instead of getting me baptised like a good Catholic; for reasons I may never know until the next life he went on some random coach tour with Mum across Northern and Central Europe; which coincidentally ended up in many Catholic areas like some bits of NL, DE and AT.
We once had some family photos showing mum, dad and myself (still inside mum”) stood by a ZOLL/DOUANE control station; the friendly border guards took them and one of them may have told Dad “all three of you can stay here instead of the UK; but its best if you learn our language”
There was lots of other pictures of folk in traditional dress, lederhosen etc dancing and singing (I suspect this was in AT).
I do remember Dad in the mid 70s trying to learn German but not getting very far; and even finding his German books and tapes and listening to them myself and getting slightly further, though only as far as a 5 year old could in any language. He did often sing on the WC “Muss I denn, muss I denn, zum Städtle hinaus? Stätdle hinaus? und Du mein Schatz bleibst hier…”
(an adaptation of an soldiers marching song used in Wooden Heart by Elvis) though he wasn’t exactly the best singer…
I could only study German at high school until year 9 due to resource issues at school; I had to learn the rest of the language online by free choice though I may well have been exposed to the language before birth which could have been a factor in this.
When my younger sister was born in the more progressive Father at the local church (who may have been an Irish Scouser) after checking my parents marriage details (and learning their ages) quietly said “and bring along any other onesyou might have had before her, we will do the Baptism and Confirmation together “no questions asked”.
Incidentally both myself and my sister are fairly proficient in German (she can do entire marketing presentations in the language) which really confuses the googlebots and online marketers 🙂
