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izard ([personal profile] izard) wrote2011-05-24 09:53 am
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Gastarbeiter Ingenieur

I was recently chatting with my German colleague, who is an engineering manager in his 50s. The conversation was in German and when I called myself "Gastarbeiter Ingenieur" he started laughing and admitted that is quite a funny oxymoron.

Why?