German Txt Spk

I was flicking through one of my german phrase books the other day and I can across a section on texting, or SMS here in Germany. It was really interesting. So here is a few SMS sprechen! Oh they do use alot of English ones such as 4U etc. So if you see these in an SMS from me you will know what they mean!

N8 - Gute Nacht (Good night)
STN - SchönenTag noch! (Have a nice day!)
3st - Das war dreist (That was cheeky!)
FF - Fortsetzung Folgt (To be continued)
RUMIN - Ruf mich an (Phone me)
TWU - Treffen wir uns? (Shall we meet)
BIGBED - Bin gleich bei dir (I'll be there soon)
BSG - Brauch sofort Geld (I need money urgently)
HASE - Habe sehnsacht (Miss you)
DAD - Denk an dich (Thinking of you)
BSE - Bin so einsam (I feel so lonely)
MAD - Mag Dich (I like you)
ILD - Ich Liebe Dich (I love you)
*freud* - Ich freue mich (I'm happy)
*heul* - Ich bin traurig (I'm sad)

Anyone know any more german text speak? send it to me as a comment or an email!

UPDATE: So Joe, my fount of information when it comes to german and germany suggests another two but fogets my German is Scheiße. Thank god for google translate!

he adds

*gg* - Großes Grinsen (Big Grin)
*fg* - Fettes Grinsen (Fat Grin)

he then gives me the link to the Deutsch Wikipedia page on German Txt Spk. Have a look. it might as well be double dutch to me!

I am in Germany!!!!

Aftera long day of travelling, I arrived in Köln at 7 last night. So far Köln has surpassed all my expectations!! The people are lovely, the city is gorgeous and the beer is cheap!! My head still hurts!!

I got a handy last night and ended up going with Vodafone DE as the credit will work in my Irish Handy also! If people want my German number (it will be my main number) E-mail or textmy Irish number!!

The weather is dry but cold, especially on the bridge over the Rheine! So its the U-Bahn in future.

I am looking forward to meeting the family tomorrow!

oh I found Headquaters of the CDU last!! :-)

Thats all for now!

Missing everyone in Cork!

Steve
xxx

Important Numbers

Important phone numbers for Germany

Emergencies:
110 - Police Emergency
112 - Fire or Ambulance Emergency

Phone enquiries:
11833 - National Directory Enquiries
11834 - International Directory Enquiries
11837 - Enquiries in English

Operators:
0180 200 10 33 - Manual connections by the operator

And the international dialling code for Germany is?

0049

Information from Justlanded.com a very useful website if you are moving country! :D

Getting a 'Deutsch Handy'

My current mobile phone, or handy in german, a samsung (something or other) has served me well for nearly two years now, so i aint getting rid of it and shall remain my Irisch handy when I am in Germany. The fun bit will be what operator? What phone? what what what? all with me having a bad grasp of the German language!

So what I can figure out, Germany has 4 mobile phone operators (thank you wikipedia!) T-Mobile owned by Deutsche Telekom, Vodafone, E-Plus owned by KPN and 02. Now who to go with?!?!

Okay so eventually I found all the websites (the german ones and deciphered this much from them!)

E-Plus is one of the newer players in the market and has a very small selection of phones (5 to be exact!) So they are out, no matter what the pricing!

For some reason I cannot find the pricing on the O2 website so they are out!

So then there were two.

Well here in Ireland (or back if your reading this after January 4th!) I use Vodafone, so lets have a look here. I think Vodafone Germany's version of Ready to Go is called CallYa. I found this website very hard to follow and confusing but i think i figured out the pricing structure. Emphasis on 'figured' and 'think'!

T-Mobile just has a prepay service, with an easy to follow website to the Handy's and the tarriff structures. Even for someone with very lttle German like me!

So we have a winner! I shall be buying a T-Mobile Handy on the 5th of January 2008!

PS Im probably going to get the Samsung SGH-M300, I have a thing for samsungs!

Things to do when I arrive in Germany

I thought I write out a little to do list for moving to another country. This is one for when I arrive in Germany on the 4th of January!

1. Find and Book into hostel!

I have it booked thanks to hostelworld. €20 per night not bad for the city centre like! I'm staying in Cologne-Deutz Youth Hostel on Siegesstrasse 5. (Anyone know anything about it?)

2. Get a mobile phone and German number

This way I keep my Irish number, so people here can text me cheap and I can text people in Germany cheaply! the question is which provider!

3. Register my EHIC Card

see post on the EHIC

4. Set up a Bank Account

same as #2

5. Explore Koln

I have to get my bearing somehow

6. Meet the family

When it all begins!!!! :D