Oktoberfest 2024 in Munich

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These days i seldom drink more than a liter of beer which is one mug at the Wiesn! And then I am already quite tipsy.
I'd probably look at dirndls from the ground on up sooner than I'd like.
Dirndls do make them cherries look real good though🍒

You go for it Uncle Danny! Have lots of fun and send us some pictures of gorgeous dirndls!
 
I will do my best to remember my fellow knife friends around the world - but I make no promises

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Oktoberfest is celebrated Honolulu German food & Beer. There are Germans in Honolulu. One of my best friends was head baker at Kahala Hilton. Good marathon runner & cyclist. He was a little kid whose father was killed in the war. When Russians were advancing his mom, sister, & he were loaded into a tank heading west. They ended up in USA after the war, then Hawaii.
 
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Nope. There is no three. There are just one and two: "Oans, zwoa, gsuffa!"

That's phonetic spelling of Bavarian, BTW. It translates as "one, two, quaffed".
Sorry for being a bit drunk as of writing this, but it’s day two and I have to stay in the game.

The three in eins, zwei is mostly directed to what tent you are in. As of tonight, I’m staying in the Oide weisn, and we use the three here.
 

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Right, when the band is playing "In München steht ein Hofbräuhaus" they do only count to two, those are the song lyrics. When the band finishes playing "Ein Prosit" and engages with the audience for the call and response, they count to three.
Ah, right you are! I totally forgot about the shouting after "Ein Prosit der Gemütlichkeit". Me bad! :(
 
Ah, right you are! I totally forgot about the shouting after "Ein Prosit der Gemütlichkeit". Me bad! :(
Gemütlichkeit is a wonderful word with no good English equivalent.
 
Gemütlichkeit is a wonderful word with no good English equivalent.
Indeed. "Cosy" comes close, as do "feel-good vibe" and "groovy", but they don't really capture it. It's a combination of cosy, relaxed, appropriate, sufficient, comfortable, safe, pretty, serene, and enjoyable (plus a few more that I can't think of right now that depend on the situation).

It's a bit like "a happening" in English. No good German equivalent for that either, so the Germans just use the English word and say "Happening" (with a heavy accent, of course…) :)
 
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