Die Boot....

[gozumutti]

...is one of the biggest boat shows in Europe, and features a diving section. I cruised up to Düsseldorf last weekend to take in the show and see what deals I could get. I came back minus around a month's pay, a dry suit (an otter, neoprene) a new computer (suunto cobra), two new lamps (Treble) and various small stuff (signal buoys, custom mouthpiece, etc )....that is quite a show, but it leaves you broke )

I am however still delighted to have gone, and can only recommend it to the european contingent here.

gozu

 

[Scottri]

Geez, Die Boot, I thought that is what happens every time I have to exit in an Oyster bed. Many boots have died doing that.


Scott

 

[large_diver]

I guess my German is getting rusty.....

"der", "die" oder "das" Boot?

 

[jmsdiver]

Try Das Boot.....as in der spiegel on that WWII German sub. That should help refresh your german.

 

[gozumutti]

Hi all

it is "das* Boot, but it is *die* Bootmesse (Messe=tradeshow), and has been shortened to *Die Boot*

which sounds a little strange in German, but there you go.....

 

[Scuba1]

Gozumutti is allways rigth she knows the german language so well even though she is from swizerland
Here is a hug from germany to you gozu : -))

 

[gozumutti]

Scuba1 thanks and hugs to you too ;-) and I WILL ignore that crack about Switzerland

(for you language freaks out there, Swiss German is more or less a dead language, derives from the alemannic and lacks one declension (dative). Is generally viewed as a means of providing humorous entertainment to"real" Germans )

No matter. Lake Constance is still bordered on one side by the Swiss, so there! hehehe

 

[lakesdiver]

With no dative case, doesn't that cause some confusion?

 

[gozumutti]

nope......syntax does ist all......sentence structure....