Tonight in Bonn I met a man who has received an invitation to my opening at Malkasten through his contacts in the Düsseldorf art scene. He totally thrilled me by telling me that he had already considered he should wear pink to the opening. During the course of our conversation he described a new kind of German language he has heard about, called "Aldi German". It perfectly describes the way I am speaking German during my shopping excursions. It's like "Pigeon English", but 'Aldi' is the name of a chain of shops in Germany.
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