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    [–] 104 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    This is straight comedic gold. I like to imagine some elderly stenographer refused to retire and this is a common occurrence... or it's some 3rd rock from the sun aliens first day.

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    • [–] 95 points 2 years ago

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    [+] 39 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)
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    [–] 34 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Sandi Mann sounds like a fun woman

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  • [–] 21 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    In German this literally translates to something like "cute sand man". Because in German you can just add an " I" at the end of any noun to make it sound cute and small. So "Sandi" can be thought of as a kind of diminutive of the noun "Sand", similar to "Bauchi" from "Bauch" which is stomach. The correct dimunitve of "Bauch" would be "Bäuchlein" but this refers more to the perceived size of the object.

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    That sounds really wrong. Is that a southern thing?

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child)

    I mean it only works with nouns that are not ending on vowels and also not every noun works good. But I heard this from people all over Germany. Mostly in a mocking way, like someone was eating too much and complaining about stomach pain:
    "Oh, tut dir der Bauchi weh?"

    Other commonly used examples I can think of:

    • Lurch - Lurchi (amphibian)
    • Frisch - Froschi (frog)
    • Hund - Hundi (dog)
    • Mutter/Vater/Oma/Opa - Mutti/Vati/Omi/Opi (mom, dad, grandma, grandpa)
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  • [–] 8 points 2 years ago

    At first I thought that was part of the transcription too and my brain was trying to make some sense of it. And for some reason threw at me:

    San..Di…Ma…s High School football rules!

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    • [–] 26 points 2 years ago

    Peanut Butter is one word.

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    [–] 17 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    That's what you get for being indecisive!

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    • [–] 11 points 2 years ago

    Should be a sleep therapist.

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    [–] 5 points 2 years ago

    You can't fool me Sandi! This is an experiment! Oh god this is probably a result category isn't it? My second father figure always said don't become a statistic!

    runs off and falls into the flower arrangement

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    [–] 4 points 2 years ago

    Almost went there myself

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    [–] 3 points 2 years ago

    Nice try Flint Marko

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    [–] 3 points 2 years ago

    And I thought this was going to be a joke about her putting the audience to sleep.

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    [–] 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    I don't get it

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago

    They're affiliated with two universities. Their card can only list one affiliation. When the organizer asked which university to list, they said "probably University X". Most people would have simply put "University X", but since the person said "probably" the organizer decided to be literal and also put "probably".

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    • [–] 2 points 2 years ago

    Itches and scratches and gets everywhere

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