Glossary entry (derived from question below)
German term or phrase:
bisch a tirola bisch a mensch, bisch koa tirola bisch a oasch
English translation:
If you're a Tirolean you are someone, if you're not a Tirolean you're an arsehole
Added to glossary by
kvaloy (X)
Sep 2, 2005 06:20
18 yrs ago
German term
kvaloy (X)
bisch a tirola bisch a mensch, bisch koa tirola bisch a oasch
German to English
Art/Literary
Idioms / Maxims / Sayings
An old Tirolean proverb.
Proposed translations
(English)
Proposed translations
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49 mins
Colin Newberry
Native in English
Perfect, price-right, punctual
Native in: English 
Works in: German to English, English to German
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4
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If you're a Tirolean you are someone, if you're not a Tirolean you're an arsehole
I can only say medium because I don't know what exactly you want to use it for.
Peer comment(s):
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muitoprazer (X)
16 mins
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gfish
24 mins
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Werner Hehn
: I'd use bum instead of arsehole. In Tirolean dialect the word "oasch" is not as harsh and a a bum is also a nobody.
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Lisa Davey
: Tyrolean ;-). "Arsehole", "bum", "a nobody" ,"no one", depends how insulting you want to be in English (and whether you are using American or British English, etc...)
1 hr
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Frosty
2 hrs
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sylvie malich (X)
2 hrs
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Anne Spitzmueller
4 hrs
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Rebecca Garber
: with Werner. ass or bum
5 hrs
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Ford Prefect
: ass would be my preference - similar usage in UK and USA while bum in USA is a tramp and in UK English it sounds childish, and arsehole is too harsh.
5 hrs
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Comment: "Thank you very much indeed for your kind assistance! "
25 mins
Werner Hehn
Native in German
&
English
Works in field
bi-lingual, bi-cultural, perfectionist
Native in: English , German
Works in: English to German, German to English
bist du ein Tiroler, bist du ein Mensch, bist du kein Tiroler, bist du ein Arsch.
Tirolean dialect!
33 mins
Norbert Hermann
Native in German
&
English
YOUR COMPETITIVE EDGE - over 40 YEARS!
Native in: English , German
Works in: English to German, German to English, Portuguese to German, and 3 more.
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12
(as a) being a Tyrolean you can call yourself human, being a non-Tyrolean you are ??? (nothing) not
worth mentioning ......
who can feel in the last word? ;-)))
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Note added at 36 mins (2005-09-02 06:57:05 GMT)
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more an old Tyrolean example for xenophobia
who can feel in the last word? ;-)))
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Note added at 36 mins (2005-09-02 06:57:05 GMT)
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more an old Tyrolean example for xenophobia
Peer comment(s):
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Harry Borsje
: what's wrong with the literal translation 'ass' (as in donkey, of course)
3 mins
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I have the feeling they use oasch here for nothing / nobody
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14 hrs
Nicole Schnell
United States
United States
Native in German
Specializes in field
United States
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Native in: German 
Works in: English to German, German to English
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64
Be Tyrolean-born, or you are forlorn.
something?
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