Public transport strike? In the village it is at most the tractors and not the buses that are on strike. They're not coming anyway.
Country life can be really confusing to outsiders. On the Things are accepted in the village that you wouldn't find anywhere else would find. For example, that public transport has simply forgotten you. So while everyone in the city is already worried about the next public transport strike, in the country you won't even notice it. And other things too Many words in the village mean something completely different than anywhere else, like this one…
1. “Strike”
Everywhere: Strike by unions, for example in local public transport.
In the country: What the tractor does or the car in winter when everything freezes over and there is no one within a 10 km radius who can give you jump start.
Example sentence: “That damn car is on strike again!”
2. “Airport”
Everywhere: Runways for aircraft, largely for transporting tourists and business people from A to B.
In the country: Place to go for a walk on Sundays when there's a café next door. Playground for hobby pilots and model airplane pilots.
Example sentence: “I’ll only come with you for a walk if you buy me an ice cream at the airport.”
3. “Neighbors”
Everywhere: People who live in the same building or in a neighboring house.
In the country: A few hundred people who know immediately when your boyfriend is over and who otherwise know more about your life than you do. In context, sometimes the “neighbouring village” with which you have been at loggerheads for centuries.
Example sentence: “The neighbors showed up drunk at the village festival again.”
4. “Vegetarian alternative”
Everywhere: A meatless product consisting, for example, of soy or tofu.
In the country: Chicken for Sunday dinner because grandma knows you don't like meat.
Example sentence: “I went to the chicken man and got us a vegetarian alternative fetched.”
5. “Full Ruler”
Everywhere: A Tool to measure distances.
In the country: A bottle opener. Preferably used when the neighbor brings you a case of beer because you helped him build his patio.
Example sentence: “Give me the ruler, I’m thirsty.”
6. “Lawnmower”
Everywhere: Device from the hardware store that can be used to trim a lawn outside of rest periods.
In the country: The torture tool your neighbor uses to rip you out of existence at 7 a.m. on the weekend.
Example sentence: “Wolfgang, start the lawnmower.”
7. “Basement”
Everywhere: The underground level of a building.
In the country: The place where you drank your first Jägermeister and got rid of it shortly afterwards. The venue for up to 50 percent of all parties in the village – next to the clubhouse and fire station.
Example sentence: “Do we want to go to the gas station on Saturday or go to Jürgen in the basement?”
8. “Feast”
Everywhere: The celebration of a special occasion, for example a wedding.
In the country: Better known as “village festival”. Mandatory event consisting of a beer tent set up in a meadow or field. Villages within a 100 km radius travel to have fun and eat suckling pig or fish.
Example sentence: “If you really don’t come to the village festival, you better have at least a fever of 45 degrees!”
9. “Way Home”
Everywhere: The distance between any location and your home.
In the country: Also Called “Promilleweg”.. The dirt road between the party location and your home, which is at least 5 km away. Partially shortened directly over fields and/or a forest.
Example sentence: “I have to go home. It’s already 11 o’clock and I have to be home by 2.”
10. “Police”
Everywhere: Part of the executive branch.
In the country: Brother of Sepp's brother-in-law, who drives you home if you haven't made it to the alcohol level.
Example sentence: “Can anyone call the police?” … “He’s just having lunch.”
11. “License plate”
Everywhere: Marking of a motor vehicle with numbers and letters.
In the country: How can you tell when driving if the sneaker in front of you is from the neighboring village? Basis for bad puns about driving people and their registered place of residence.
Example sentence: “The D in his license plate stands for Deppendorf!”
12. “Emergency Call”
Everywhere: Telephone numbers for the police, fire brigade and emergency services.
In the country: Number that is only dialed when you can't push the protruding bone back into your leg yourself and the car breaks down again. The call is only made during working hours, you don't want to cause any inconvenience to the rescue workers.
Example sentence: “No, I don’t need an emergency call. Just pour a shot over it.”
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