German paper talking World Cup smack on A1
And it’s a hoot, too.
Spain plays Germany today in the World Cup semifinal. The winner will take on the Netherlands, famous for wearing orange.
Here is the front page of today’s die Welt of Berlin:
The headline on that cryptic lead art reads:
By pressing the finals
A closer look:
Now, that’s clever.
July 7th, 2010 at 3:21 pm
How do you say in german foot in the mouth?
July 7th, 2010 at 7:26 pm
I only took a year of German, but I’m pretty sure that headline reads ‘With pressing in the finals.’ Or something of that sort…word order may be slightly different.
July 8th, 2010 at 10:20 am
Thanks, Chris! I’m only using Google Translate, which has proved spotty at best. And the only German I’ve taken is by watching reruns of “Hogan’s Heroes”!
July 8th, 2010 at 3:08 pm
Actually the orange on the cover has nothing to do with holland. It’s a Valencia orange grown in Spain, next to a german made juicer - implying Germany will beat Spain and advance.
July 8th, 2010 at 5:00 pm
There ya go. Thanks, Michael!