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Originally Posted by BBC News

Safety fears have been raised at one of this summer's World Cup venues after a security alert at Middlesbrough's Uefa Cup tie with Stuttgart in Germany.

A burst pipe in a kitchen caused an alert 30 minutes before kick-off.

Announcements at the stadium were made in German, with no translation, meaning many Boro fans remained in their seats during the evacuation.

On a different issue, can anyone tell me if the title is correct? I put "Do you speak German?" into Babelfish and got "sprechen Sie Deutsches?" and the above from Freetranslation.

Announcements at the stadium were made in German, with no translation, meaning many Boro fans remained in their seats during the evacuation.

Suggesting these fans were too stupid to realise that an evacuation going on?

Or that the stewards at the grounds don't bother to ensure the evacuation proceeded correctly. Not germanic efficiency, is it?

Originally Posted by Mal

On a different issue, can anyone tell me if the title is correct? I put "Do you speak German?" into Babelfish and got "sprechen Sie Deutsches?" and the above from Freetranslation.

The one you picked is the correct one.

[danielf]

Originally Posted by ScaredWebWarrior

Not germanic efficiency, is it?

Depends on the desired effect... But even then, it wouldn't be the best example of Deutsche Gruendlichkeit, as nothing actually happened