Originally Posted by
GrainReaper
I polished off the last of my haggis tonight. I let out a hearty burp in salute to good food, and I chuckled thinking of my German grandfather, after a burp my grandma would say, "du bist ein schwein!" To which the reply would be: "mein fraulein es war wert ein Dollar!"
Translated is basically "you pig!" "Mama it was worth a dollar!" Which in their day was a lot of money!
Unfortunately, English politeness culture precludes us from saying anything else except "pardon me" after showing appreciation for the meal!
[CENTER][B][COLOR="#0000CD"]PROUD[/COLOR] [COLOR="#FFD700"]YORKSHIRE[/COLOR] [COLOR="#0000CD"]KILTIE[/COLOR]
[COLOR="#0000CD"]Scottish[/COLOR] clans: Fletcher, McGregor and Forbes
[COLOR="#008000"]Irish[/COLOR] clans: O'Brien, Ryan and many others
[COLOR="#008000"]Irish[/COLOR]/[COLOR="#FF0000"]Welsh[/COLOR] families: Carey[/B][/CENTER]
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