Hi Polly

Someone (who shall be nameless) has written the following:

Lebe wohl bis wir uns auf einem anderen Pauchboden treffen.

I am having problem with the word 'Pauchboden' which does not appear
in the Adelslexikon.

Of course, the Adelslexikon is printed in some pretty funny writing
that might only be decipherable by a guru such as yourself.

My question is:

Is this yet another Nigerian scam?

Or an Indonesian one?

Viel Dank

B***n

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Clarification of Question by probonopublico-ga on 29 Sep 2006 21:05 PDT

Many thanks for the Comments!

I should explain that the message was NOT written by a native German
but by an American who knows a few words ...

And we all know how the Americans mangle every language they meet.

Look what they've done to The Mother Tongue.

'Cor Blimey!

B***n

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Clarification of Question by probonopublico-ga on 04 Oct 2006 11:42 PDT

Where oh where is Politicalguru-ga?

Has she been kidnapped?

Or what?

Dear Bryan, 

Sorry it took me so long to respond. 

I am not sure that there is a scam. It is a cultural thing. During the
last weeks of September, beer manufacturers all over the country, but
especially in southern Germany, are making nice profits.

It is not the Germans, who are drinking. 

OK, it is also the Germans (who alwasy drink), but that's not the point. 

Most of the people who go to the Oktoberfest, though, are Japanese and
Americans (who could be, of course, identified because they wear
Hawaii shirts and shorts. In October, those brave Amis!).

Some of these Americans are not used to drink. After all, at home all
they have is Miller and Bud. That's like water. So they misspell when
they type comments. That's all. Blurbs of an American who cannot hold
it.

And now to those who can run and drink at the same time (despite the
fact that some of them are American):
http://www.munich-h3.com/runs/

Best, 

Hungover (from tea, of course!) PG.

Thank you so much for the PG Tips.

All is now explained!

Henceforth, I shall not impose my admittedly poor German on anyone
whose German is even marginally better than mine ... so you are
perfectly safe; Scriptor is on the cusp and *******-ga will continue
sine die as the recipient of my efforts.

Prost!

Bryan

This may or may not help, but splitting the word up into 2 "Pauch boden".

Boden means soil.

"Live probably to we on another Pauch soil meet"

meet on another soil - another country?

Pauch = belly
Boden = soil

My best guess is that Pauchboden is navel lint. :-D

One of the several meanings of "wohl" is indeed "probably" (comment by
bemajinn-ga):
http://www.ponsline.de/cgi-bin/wb/w.pl?Richtung=DE&ID=36855pom%2FAA4znRGGI

In this case, however, "lebe wohl" means "farewell":
http://www.ponsline.de/cgi-bin/wb/w.pl?Richtung=ED&ID=9586poSEWqNkiPU%2Fo

"Mein lieber Bryan,
Aufwiedersehen means that you are looking forward to seeing me again.
Hi, Hallo, here I am!  

Lebe wohl bis wir uns auf einem anderen Pauchboden treffen.

"Meinreimenrein"  aka Myoarin  :-)

http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=760373

Sorry Kem..., I mean Probonopublico

"Pauchboden"? Or "Paukboden"?

fp is right and caught my misspelling.  Argh  - but thanks.  :-)

Since the question is directed to Poli-guru, I won't post the line
from a site giving translations in English, French Flemish and
Estonian.

Thank you so much for those Bryan tips.

Paukboden: 
                         English          French                  Flemish
Paukboden m. (Fechten) 	fencing floor 	salle d'escrime f. 	paukboden
                     Estonian
 	  	Fechtboden, lihtliige

Myo

That's not how you spell ...

Phlegmish.