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by Aku_Aku. 05/31/26 11:05
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"Enjoy your meal"
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So I was looking for a good translation for the phrase from German to English "Guten Appetit", and as I looked around I stumbled over a forum conversation about this, claiming that wishing someone to "enjoy your meal" is not cultivated anymore.
I don't know, and I am not sure about this. Maybe it is the way I was raised, but when I eat in company, I always wish someone to Enjoy his/her/their meal. But apparently that's not what a gentleman does anymore, instead he just starts chomping down on the food.
What about you?
EDIT: Some googleing revealed some weird paradox nowadays: If you are a guest, it is disrespectful to wish someone to enjoy his meal, if you are the host or the cook, it is egoistic. What the fuck happened to manners?
EDIT2: Apparently the only people who are allowed to say it, are waiters. What the hell?
Last edited by Michael_Schwarz; 09/07/10 12:12.
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Re: "Enjoy your meal"
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09/07/10 12:13
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Protip: Become a waiter, solve the problem.
Shitlord by trade and passion. Graphics programmer at Laminar Research. I write blog posts at feresignum.com
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Re: "Enjoy your meal"
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09/07/10 18:09
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it's probably just a german custom, or the way I was raised, but I find it really rude to just start eating without wishing your company to enjoy their meal.
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Re: "Enjoy your meal"
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09/07/10 19:35
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I wonder how you say in english "ich bin satt".
(when you are not hungry anymore) probably "i am full" or "i am stuffed" or "i have had enough" or something like that. and the version when you are not thirsty anymore. how about "thanks, i am not thirsty anmore"?  hm... is there any special way to say this in german actually?
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