Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
maroonies
German translation:
Unterhose
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English term
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maroonies
English to German
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In a book I am translating, the author (a woman) describes the following scene:
We jump into the waterfall. I turn around to find Johnny (attractive young man) in his tightey maroonies. He grabs me and throws me high in the air...
What are maroonies? Swimwear? Underwear? Does the word refer to maroon as in brown?
Thanks for your help.
We jump into the waterfall. I turn around to find Johnny (attractive young man) in his tightey maroonies. He grabs me and throws me high in the air...
What are maroonies? Swimwear? Underwear? Does the word refer to maroon as in brown?
Thanks for your help.
Proposed translations
(German)
| 2 +2 | Unterhose |
Armorel Young
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| 1 +1 | braune Badehose |
Rolf Kern
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| 1 | s. u. |
Nadine Kahn
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Change log
Apr 23, 2007 17:21: Alison Jenner changed "Language pair" from "German to English" to "English to German"
Proposed translations
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Unterhose
(maroon coloured) gets my my guess - or it may even be underpants + vest - on the basis of the following website:-
Carly, atleast your dad doesn't walk around the house in tighty whities...unless he does, then i feel your pain.
And i don't screen my calls. My eyes light up when i get a phone call, because i don't get many.
G
03/21/2005 04:10PM
Oooh. Today it was tighty maroonies. My dad's getting all high-class on me!
http://www.catch27.com/cardx.php?id=11727&blog=2077&browse=&...
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Note added at 2 hrs (2007-04-23 20:08:40 GMT)
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And I think the Superman reference here lends some confirmation to the underpants theory:
Books, These "Books" you speak of, do they have pictures? Heroes, Superman, because he wore his tighty maroonies on the outside! (just like my buddy ChopE) ...
profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=159819330 - 143k
Carly, atleast your dad doesn't walk around the house in tighty whities...unless he does, then i feel your pain.
And i don't screen my calls. My eyes light up when i get a phone call, because i don't get many.
G
03/21/2005 04:10PM
Oooh. Today it was tighty maroonies. My dad's getting all high-class on me!
http://www.catch27.com/cardx.php?id=11727&blog=2077&browse=&...
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Note added at 2 hrs (2007-04-23 20:08:40 GMT)
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And I think the Superman reference here lends some confirmation to the underpants theory:
Books, These "Books" you speak of, do they have pictures? Heroes, Superman, because he wore his tighty maroonies on the outside! (just like my buddy ChopE) ...
profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=159819330 - 143k
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thanks. The Superman reference was particularly helpful"
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s. u.
Maybe it refers to "maroons"
maroon uniforms
maroon uniforms
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braune Badehose
Tippe aus das. Habe gefunden:
"bleyle badehose braun mit weissen nadelstreifen / men's swimsuit maroon with white pin stripes"
"bleyle badehose braun mit weissen nadelstreifen / men's swimsuit maroon with white pin stripes"
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Nadine Kahn
: In this case, I think it's "braune, kurze, enge Badehose", referring to "tighty-whities" or "briefs" which are underwear Or swimwear. According to Wiki http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Briefs
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