Does it signal a warming in German-American relations that the Süddeutsche Zeitung is running a 20-question American Slang Quiz. Well, probably not, but we'll grasp at what we can get, we embattled trans-Atlanticists, so eager to see renewed engagement with each other beyond affirming a common belief in stomping out copyright infringment and terrorist splinter cells. And we even get to see a real American cowgirl, to German eyes. Points are calculated by multiple-choice correctness and quickness to answer.

Typical question: a "pain in the neck" doesn't mean anything good but rather?
* "Ich habe fürchterliche Nackenschmerzen!"
* "Das kostet was!"
* "Es ist total ärgerlich!"

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Clearly I'm having the reverse language problem here (einen Happen essen?), hence one question missed. Dang blast it, great leaping horny toads! via RFM