(First Published 2007).
Tuesday, December 20, 2022
Battle of the Bulge: Language Error May Have Saved Lives
December 16, 1944: The Battle of the Bulge begins.
December 19, 1944: My father and Kurt Vonnegut, two intelligence scouts in the 106th Infantry Division, are captured by advancing Germans. Looking through a phrase book, my father screams, "Nein Scheissen," thinking he's asking them not to shoot him.
He's actually saying, "Don't shit."
That little mistake may have saved their lives.
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3 comments:
How?
"Don't Shit" as opposed to "Don't shoot" made the supermen laugh.
That's what I figured - wanted to make sure I wasn't missing something.
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