Crackhappy@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoIn Mexico it's called Montezuma's Revenge. In Bali it's called Bali Belly. What other colloquialisms for gastroenteritis are there around the world?message-squaremessage-square57fedilinkarrow-up1108arrow-down12
arrow-up1106arrow-down1message-squareIn Mexico it's called Montezuma's Revenge. In Bali it's called Bali Belly. What other colloquialisms for gastroenteritis are there around the world?Crackhappy@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square57fedilink
minus-squarez00s@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 month agoI like the actual German name for it, “durchfall”. When I look in the toilet, it looks like something that would be called “durch”. And yep, it fell right outta me lol
minus-squaresilly goose meekah@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 month agoGerman here, durch means through. As in it fell through your intestines. At least that has always been my interpretation
minus-squareHugh_Jeggs@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 month agoEveryone in the UK of a certain age knows what durch means because of Audi
minus-squareRevan343@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 month agoDurch Audi is a much worse slogan than Das Auto
minus-squaresilly goose meekah@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 month agoThe Slogan is “Vorsprung durch Technik” - advantage through technology
I like the actual German name for it, “durchfall”. When I look in the toilet, it looks like something that would be called “durch”. And yep, it fell right outta me lol
German here, durch means through. As in it fell through your intestines. At least that has always been my interpretation
Everyone in the UK of a certain age knows what durch means because of Audi
Why?
Durch Audi is a much worse slogan than Das Auto
The Slogan is “Vorsprung durch Technik” - advantage through technology