28th
February
2007
KBS62 – Shabure These Tama, P-I-G
posted in Prime Cuts |What’s the lesson? Never let your temper get the best of you with the po-po. Also, if you’ve been looking for that porcelain miniature of the male or female bits now you can find out where to get it. Admit it, you know you’ve been looking.
March 24th, 2007 at 12:22 am
It’s A_R_beit (Arbeit), not Albeit
Arbeit typically means “job” in German. “Ich gehe zur Arbeit” – “I am going to work / I am going to my job / I am going to my place of employment”. There is some regions where people will say “Ich gehe auf die Arbeit” – “I am going on my job” – technically it’s wrong, but regionally acceptable.
There is no connotation of part time or full time by the way. A worker can be called an “Arbeiter”. In that context, it may more likely mean blue collar worker. A white collar worker would likely be called an “Angestellter”.
Interesting discussion of citizenship, legal resident status, and the pros and cons of trying to get the citizenship of a foreign country you picked to live in.
As a former German citizen myself, who became a US citizen, I share some of your points of view. But citizenship, the ability to have dual citizenship, and countries who force you to give up your “born” citizenship, is complicated and varies widely by country.
From the State Department website:
U.S. law does not mention dual nationality or require a person to choose one citizenship or another. A U.S. citizen may acquire foreign citizenship for example by marriage, or a person naturalized as a U.S. citizen may not lose the citizenship of the country of birth.
Also, a person who is automatically granted another citizenship does not risk losing U.S. citizenship. However, a person who acquires a foreign citizenship by applying for it may lose U.S. citizenship.
In order to lose U.S. citizenship, the law requires that the person must apply for the foreign citizenship voluntarily, by free choice, and with the intention to give up U.S. citizenship
Anyway, I could go on and on. Maybe I will, if anybody else comments!
-Dan
March 26th, 2007 at 8:30 am
From the source himself. Thank you Dan. I remember you telling me that waay back when you came to Japan and ever since I’ve always explained to others that my German friend told me that arbeit means work/job in general and not part-time job in specific.
April 2nd, 2007 at 1:15 am
sake no Jidohanbaiki [sp?]
That was the very, very first thing I did my first time in Japan [Osaka]. I had people take to one striaght from the airport.
Thanks for the reminder, and stay up. Good to have you back.