Tag Archives: Gottscheer

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Göttscheabarisch (German dialect):
English: you drunk devil
collected: Ridgewood, Queens (04-28-2016)
origin: Heard this growing up from friends and family in the Gottscheer community in Ridgewood, Queens

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Göttscheabarisch (German dialect): Du lump
English: you lazy rascal
collected: Ridgewood, Queens (04-28-2016)
origin: A way to call someone lazy. Heard this growing up from friends and family in the Gottscheer community in Ridgewood, Queens

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Göttscheabarisch (German dialect):
English: literally translates to “you can like me,” but is used as a friendly way to say “go fuck yourself”
collected: Ridgewood, Queens (04-28-2016)
origin: heard this growing up from friends and family in the Gottscheer community in Ridgewood, Queens