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curiosities
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Tongue-twisting translingualism – let’s talk “Öcher Platt”
In theory, there are three ways to work your way into the hearts of Aacheners: language, business – or appealing to their emotions. To all practical purposes, though, you can ...
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Bacillus carnivalis
“Jeck” (pronounced “yeck”) is a wonderful adjective beyond translation. If someone in Aachen is “jeck”, it doesn’t imply they’ve taken leave of their senses or aren’t quite all there – ...
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Everything with chips
Potatoes, of all things! Despite its Latin name solanum tuberosum, this South American Indian root vegetable hardly prompts thoughts of international cuisine.
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Rolls with crumble topping
Reisfladen (Tarte-au-riz) is a true European dish – equally at home in the parts of Belgium, Germany and the Netherlands that converge near Aachen, and a big hit in the ...
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