Planet Der Trauben!
galaktische weine. bodenständige preise.
galactic wines. down-to-earth prices.
the title and subtitle are on a giant ad for a hotel wine bar that's hung on a building i go by frequently. the ad puzzled me. i could tell they were referencing a sci-fi film but i couldn't figure it out until i translated it out loud (but in my head) - Planet of the Grapes!
i've been assured that a german would automatically think of Planet der Affen but i think it works much better in english. although it is punny.
this actually makes me feel kind of good about my fluency. i knew that "trauben" are those small somewhat spherical sweet fruit that you make "wein" with but i didn't automatically think "grapes". on the other hand i didn't make the connection to Planet der Affen. so yay for german fluency, boo for my german pop cultural fluency.
galactic wines. down-to-earth prices.
the title and subtitle are on a giant ad for a hotel wine bar that's hung on a building i go by frequently. the ad puzzled me. i could tell they were referencing a sci-fi film but i couldn't figure it out until i translated it out loud (but in my head) - Planet of the Grapes!
i've been assured that a german would automatically think of Planet der Affen but i think it works much better in english. although it is punny.
this actually makes me feel kind of good about my fluency. i knew that "trauben" are those small somewhat spherical sweet fruit that you make "wein" with but i didn't automatically think "grapes". on the other hand i didn't make the connection to Planet der Affen. so yay for german fluency, boo for my german pop cultural fluency.
posted by kristin at 11/08/2007 08:12:00 a.m.
3 Comments:
Germans are weird. :P
i second that!
Kristin, have you noticed that our blog titles have been cut off at the top? I suspect our templates are too old school. :)
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