I started learning German half a year ago and one of the main reasons I picked German was because so many memes like this show up on my timeline and I wanted to understand them.
This one made me realize that understanding what is written might not be enough.
The missing context here is that OP works for the popular German railway company DB and therefore is personally responsible for all and every single one of their many delays, train cancellations, and other mishaps.
[Edit] I feel like people are not getting the joke. DB is the single most hated public infrastructure provider in Germany. So obviously, “the popular German railway company DB” must be a different entity. Hence “There’s another one⸘”
Thanks! I was watching Mindful Murder some time ago and had the impression that whenever someone said Entschuldigung they were skipping the “En” in it. When I saw “Tscholigum” on OP’s post I thought I could be right about that, but apparently is just a coincidence?
Tschuligom originated on ebay Kleinanzeigen (platform for classifieds, kinda like Craig’s list or FB Marketplace). Its a reasonable assumption, that it was first used by someone who’s first language is not German and who wrote it down like that. So not that far off.
I started learning German half a year ago and one of the main reasons I picked German was because so many memes like this show up on my timeline and I wanted to understand them.
This one made me realize that understanding what is written might not be enough.
The missing context here is that OP works for the popular German railway company DB and therefore is personally responsible for all and every single one of their many delays, train cancellations, and other mishaps.
There’s another one‽
[Edit] I feel like people are not getting the joke. DB is the single most hated public infrastructure provider in Germany. So obviously, “the popular German railway company DB” must be a different entity. Hence “There’s another one⸘”
There is a whole bunch of small ones, because some arsholes once thought it was a good idea to privatise the rail sector.
Bah the AKN is older than not just the DB, but the DR. And it didn’t shut down its small regional tracks (granted that’s all it ever operated).
maybe
OP is a prolific poster who has shared they work at a signalling center for the german railway. Hence the “sorry for the (train) delays today”
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Oh and tscholigum is supposed to mean Entschuldigung, it’s deliberatly misspelled, like “sorrz” for example
Thanks! I was watching Mindful Murder some time ago and had the impression that whenever someone said Entschuldigung they were skipping the “En” in it. When I saw “Tscholigum” on OP’s post I thought I could be right about that, but apparently is just a coincidence?
Its quite common to skip the En in “Entschuldigung”. What OP wrote is how its often pronounced.
Tschuligom originated on ebay Kleinanzeigen (platform for classifieds, kinda like Craig’s list or FB Marketplace). Its a reasonable assumption, that it was first used by someone who’s first language is not German and who wrote it down like that. So not that far off.
If only all these memes had an explanation. Vielen Dank!
You can allways ask if you want to understand them!