Kristy's Great Idea oder Kristy hat eine tolle Idee

[family_of_spies]

I don't think I have posted here since about 2011 or early 2012. Since then, I got married and moved to Germany. Due to the move, my BSC collection is "sadly" very limited at the moment. However, I am learning German (I'm attending a German integration class, which is for some reason cancelled today and tomorrow) and heard that reading German

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[road_baby]

That was weird. But oh so good. Daisy McGill! Die Middle School von Stoneybrook! And I'm gonna start calling my bra a 'BH' which to me sounds like a abbreviation for 'boob holder'. And how great is this version for pointing out that Claudia dresses weird?

[road_baby]

In German, BH is very literally a boob-holder, so what a perfect association.

The arbitrary name changes are the best part about any foreign translation. Thank you for snarking this!

[dragonz_flame]

Well, in German 'BH' is actually short for 'Büstenhalter', which basically does mean 'boob holder' ('bust', if we're being polite here).

Daisy? The only reason I can think of for changing it was that they decided Stacey was too hard for German kids to pronounce.

And 2:42? I never understood that, even in the English edition. Our school day at that age finished at 3.

[road_baby]

I never understood that time, either! Why not make it 2:45? So weird.

The 100-word essay STILL bothers me, too. I had to write several pages for essays when I was in junior high, so isn't 100 words just about the length of your introductory paragraph? I say this rather bitterly, as in my day job I need to write something like 3,600 words per day.

[hobbes12]

My middle school ended at 3:02. I never understood it then either.