Comments on: It May Not Be F’n Merlot, But I’m Still Not Drinkin’ It

By: Pratzky

Pratzky — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 16:16:35 +0000

You’re welcome!

By: Paws4thot

Paws4thot — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 14:54:42 +0000

Nope; can’t read the smaller text on my monitor. I’ll believe you though, because I was previously aware of the existance of Styria, and its vineyards. As I said, I’ve just never encountered Austrian white wine before.

Thanks for the extra info about the Groß / Gross thing. Having been there several times, I know things don’t always make perfect sense in Austria, any more than they do here in Scotland!

By: Pratzky

Pratzky — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 14:44:00 +0000

Well, if you have a closer at the label, you will see the word “STEIRISCH”, which means “Styrian” – an adjective reffering to the Austrian state “Styria”.

As far as the name “Gross” is concerned, I have to admit that the whole thing is a little bit complicated. The surname of a friend of mine is “Groß”, but in most of the documents it is written “Gross”. I guess it has something to do with the fact that you have to use block capitals when you fill in a form for the authorities, meaning that you have to use “SS” intead of “ß”. Maybe, “ss” is nowadays also more frequently used in names, because it is legible worldwide. I mean, in most parts of Europe and America they would recognize “ä”, “ö” or “ü”, but I am not sure if anyone outside the German-speaking world knows that “ß” is a voiceless “s” and not some kind of letter similiar to “b”. Honestly, I don’t know. Maybe the whole Gross/Groß thing has no particular reason. Many things in the world do not make perfect sense, especially in Austria…

By: Paws4thot

Paws4thot — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 13:06:48 +0000

I don’t see any evidence on the labels that the wine is Austrian rather than German. Actually, I don’t remember ever having bought Austrian white wine either.

Also, what’s the reasoning behind the implication that the surname is “Gross”, but “big” would be “groß”? AIUI a “ss” in German is always written ß.

By: Blablub

Blablub — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 12:34:56 +0000

Actually, Gross is a very common last name where I come from (Austria) and I even know some whine-makers with that name. So actually, it’s not engrish, it’s just a normal name in another language

and the german word for “big” is written “groß” and scheiße is also written with an ß…

By: attorney

attorney — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 23:51:42 +0000

win!

By: Jake

Jake — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 20:11:35 +0000

Ah, the fellow Grosses! I, too, am Gross. I want to open a massage parlor called “Gross Massages.” Anyone want a Gross massage?

By: Psychedelic

Psychedelic — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 02:09:53 +0000

You forgot ridiculous, also.

By: yaku

yaku — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 06:58:28 +0000

LOL

By: Kate

Kate — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 04:29:29 +0000

your avatar, how apt!

By: Kate

Kate — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 04:27:43 +0000

that’s german for large?

so i can say “wow your penis is gross”?

By: Fox

Fox — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 22:39:19 +0000

I totally know how it feels. My last name is Goss, but schools and jobs have been mispelling it for YEARS!!

By: WBTX

WBTX — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 18:06:02 +0000

Now sold at Trader Joes..

By: Taneen

Taneen — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 06:06:05 +0000

lol. ick but lol. truly a scary image!! But great for philanthropy, think of the kudos. Maybe could be used as a marketing tool?

By: Munior

Munior — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 22:45:10 +0000

@Hisa: “Scheisse was not right before or after the last German spelling-reform.

The very correct German spelling is:
In normal letters it would be “Scheiße”.
In big letters “SCHEISSE” would be right.
And so it is correct (the original comment…!) that “GROSS” is the correct big-lettered version for “groß” (= “big” in German).

By: Munior

Munior — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 22:38:28 +0000

By: random

random — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 21:55:48 +0000

You people pissing and moaning about it not being Engrish just be quiet. This site may have started as a funny asian to english mistranslation site but it appears to have changed to a “may look funny even if not even translated foreign language” site. Deal with it. Or start your own site. I actually find these funny. Well most of the time.

By: Kaiser Steve

Kaiser Steve — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 21:25:30 +0000

lol, well thats lack of practice mainly since it’s kinda hard to use the language in Wyoming.

so I suppose thats equivelent to swearing Sht. lol.

By: Gonzala

Gonzala — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 18:36:37 +0000

hast du jemals was vom Duden gehört?
oder vom Wahrig? dann schlag mal nach…

By: CobraJoe

CobraJoe — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 18:19:44 +0000

But if you did have a cafe, you wouldn’t need to worry about hiring nice looking girls to wear skimpy clothes…
You could get the old crazy homeless lady to wear skimpy clothes!

Now that would be a Gross Cafe

By: slg

slg — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 17:23:04 +0000

No, even though my name is Gross, I can assure you that my baked goods would be top notch. No bugs. Yeah, maybe I would get a lot of business. People would think it was funny to buy stuff from a place with such an odd name (foodwise).

By: MRNot

MRNot — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 14:14:39 +0000

Don’t get me started on the lack of American English in the USA.. Of course, I guess I’m just a cranky old coot now, but.. Wait! Why am I digressing about English on this forum? I quit..

By: Hisa

Hisa — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 12:23:29 +0000

Nah! It’s Scheisse alright. You won’t finde Scheiße anywhere. (German is my mothertongue)

By: Nephele

Nephele — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 10:44:45 +0000

Well, I am German and I guarantee you that those “going away” from using it simply don’t write correctly. It is understood, yes, but orthographically, only the ß-spelling is correct in Germany.

By: lulz

lulz — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 10:05:48 +0000

you forgot penile

By: Fritriac

Fritriac — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 09:26:28 +0000

Actually Austrian. “Steirisch” = from the “Steiermark”, a part of Austria

By: Amber

Amber — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 07:43:09 +0000

Actually that’s German wine and in German Gross literally means grand or large usually Gross is spelled Groß but in the German language ß is substituted for ss.
Still all in all it’s a funny example of culture clash.

By: Taneen

Taneen — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 05:39:20 +0000

Awww.. s’ok.. I probably would buy something from you if I lived in Germany/Austria/Switzlerland/Argentina or any non engrish speaking country. Heck I may even buy something from you just to get a bag with Gross Donuts written on. But then thats me, I have a unique sense of humour. UNLESS you would put icky stuff in it like bugs and the like.. you wouldnt would you??

By: Stereotypo

Stereotypo — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 05:20:51 +0000

Actually, Silver, even scheiße is wrong. German nouns are capitalized, yo.

By: slg

slg — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 04:27:18 +0000

Very funny. Hah hah. Gross is my last name and there are so many things I can’t do with my name. I can’t own a bakery. Who the heck would buy Gross Baked Goods? I can’t own a restaurant, the Gross Cafe. And apparently, I can’t own a wine label. And yes, the name means large. I’ve heard every insult in the book, so don’t even try.

By: kittyface

kittyface — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 04:18:49 +0000

Actually, they are going away from using it in Germany too. I know many Germans that would write Scheisse. Both are understood and accepted.

By: pinky

pinky — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 03:30:17 +0000

yes, there are rules on when to use the eszett in German in Germany, however there are other countries that speak German and don’t bother with the eszett anymore, such as Switzerland. I guarantee if you go there you’ll see people spelling Scheisse without the eszett

By: Marc

Marc — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 03:00:08 +0000

It’s just saying that the wine comes in packs of 144 bottles. Not saying that the wine is disgusting.

By: Barakku

Barakku — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 02:12:21 +0000

Yes, quite.

By: Dan2025

Dan2025 — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 23:25:52 +0000

Ew!

By: mel

mel — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 22:26:26 +0000

http://www.gross.at …

By: Flippy

Flippy — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 22:17:27 +0000

“Weisser Burgunder
Steirische Klassik
2007″

By: Silver

Silver — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 21:50:26 +0000

sheiße AND sheisse are both wrong

it´s scheiße.
and that´s the only way to write it. i have never seen anyone writing scheiße with ss ….
there are special rules, when you use ss or ß.

By: Dan2025

Dan2025 — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 21:01:07 +0000

I laugh more at the non-engrish anyway. The entire point of this site is to jokes created in translation, the authors just gave it the wrong name.

By: Kit

Kit — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 19:47:48 +0000

The small standing sign to the right appears to be in english though. Thus imported wine confusing people for the win!

By: stablercake

stablercake — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 19:22:34 +0000

This blog fails at Engrish.

By: Skwearlly Bob

Skwearlly Bob — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 19:17:32 +0000

well, is it on sale?

By: Tom Trifik

Tom Trifik — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 19:15:31 +0000

ALSO it’s beastly, big, barbarian, barbaric, barbarous, boorish, brutal, brutish, bulk, burly, callous, carnal, cloddish, coarse, churlish, crass, crude, dense, egregious, entire, filthy, flagrant, foul, glaring, greasy, great, heavy, ill-bred, indelicate, impure, indecent, large, lewd, mass, massive, obese, obscene, obvious, offensive, outrageous, philistine, plain, rank, repulsive, rough, rude, scurrilous, sleazy, sum, swinish, tasteless, thick, total, ugly, uncouth, uncivilized, uncouth, uncultivated, uncultured, unpolished, unrefined, and vulgar!

By: Kaiser Steve

Kaiser Steve — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 18:57:02 +0000

Then it’s an Ausfallen.

By: Jerman

Jerman — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 18:46:41 +0000

Yes, it is German.

By: Jerman

Jerman — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 18:46:07 +0000

Nah, that would be “groß”.

By: Gio

Gio — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 18:28:58 +0000

It looks like it’s German. I could be wrong, but that’s what it looks like to me.

By: Kaiser Steve

Kaiser Steve — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 18:09:34 +0000

It is….. but I can’t read the rest of the bottle to see if it’s in German or not.

If not then it is Engrish, if so then it’s a fail.

By: teh EVIL penguin

teh EVIL penguin — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 18:00:24 +0000

isn’t that just german for large?

By: Jeremie the Hat Man

Jeremie the Hat Man — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 17:39:55 +0000

But it’s so funny…