Anyone speak Swiss-German?

[Greymalkin]

I was awarded a trophy last night by the members of the Swiss-German band in which I play Pauke, (Bass drum)

The inscription says "Verbrannti Chaib"

I don't speak Swiss-German so I asked for a translation from the other (Swiss) members while I stood to make my acceptance speech. But I was told that there is no equivalent in English.

Unprepared, I started my acceptance speech by saying modestly that it was a great honour to be awarded, etc, but they laughed their socks off, or whatever passes for socks in the Alps.

Translation please.

[tenordrummer.com]

Just checked and it seems they were right!

[Stuart Barr]

Gruesse Greymalkin!

I'm wondering, do you kind of happen to play a wee bit faster than they would like?

Verbrannti = verbrannte = scorched

Cha"ib = Kerl = guy. Hmmm, kinda tame, but
Cha"iba" = rennen/schnell laufen = running

Sound like you've got the trophy for "marching the band down the street as if your a*se is on fire". :lol:

I'll admit that my schwyzerdu"tsch is very rusty, and had to look up Chaib. Here's the reference I used
http://www.dialektwoerter.ch/ch/c.html

Of course, I could have the wrong end of the stick all together, and maybe you just have one helluva tan, but I like the version I came up with...

Regards,
Stuart.

[Greymalkin]

Perhaps it was that I was not up to the standard of these blokes, "Top Secret Drum Corps."

Check them out on
http://www.drummerworld.com/Top_Secret_Drum_Corps.html

Takes ages to download.....but worth the wait.