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we are thinking we are sick hello this
is the German Coast Guard what are you
thinking about Mayday a message sent out
from a plane or ship by radio calling
for help because they are an emergency
situation this word is the English
representation of the frontward my day
which in the phrase venema day means
come and help me over when communicating
by radio people use the word over to
indicate that they are done speaking and
will wait for the other person to answer
example message received over over and
out is also jargon used in radio
communication which is used to end the
conversation another common radio
communication word is red which means to
hear or understand someone and the
collocation
to read someone loud and clear is even
sometimes used when speaking in person
example do you read me
I read you loud and clear to sink if a
boat sinks it goes down below the
surface of the water in a sea or river
example the ship sank to the bottom of
the sea this is the German calls God's
coastguard an official organization or
any worker of that organisation whose
job is to watch the sea near a coast in
order to help ships and people in
trouble and to stop people from breaking
the law
what are you thinking about what are you
thinking about the joke here is that the
guard is confusing the s and sinking for
the th sound of thinking in such a
critical circumstance like this the
mistake leads to a funny yet tragic
outcome the th sound in German as in
many other languages doesn't exist so it
tends to be mispronounced or
misperceived
as S or Z sound
Dasia is mine sector class here's his
mystic skill inscreased invested
escalated us-cuba leoben's raider this
is a German Coast Guard what are you
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