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    Ach Quatsch...

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    Ach Quatsch, ich rede dummes Zeug...
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    Was sagt man, wenn man merkt dass man Unsinn geredet hat? Ich dachte an sowas wie "Never mind. I'm talking nonsense" aber das scheint mir etwas zu schwach. Hat jemand eine bessere Idee?
    AuthorPete16 Mar 07, 18:37
    SuggestionSorry, I'm talking rubbish!
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    Sorry, I'm talking rubbish!
    Silly me! What twaddle!
    Oh dear! I do talk nonsense sometimes, don't I?
    Just ignore me. I am clearly being stupid today.
    Oh what a brainless person I can be sometimes!
    I think I'd better go home before I make even more of an idiot of myself.
    #1AuthorJoe W16 Mar 07, 18:42
    SuggestionForget that
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    I'm thinking "Forget that!" or "Ignore what I just said!" would be 'clean' possibilities.
    #2AuthorFFM SkyArena (292408) 16 Mar 07, 18:42
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    Oh, for crying out loud. That's not right at all.
    Oh, good grief. What was I thinking?
    Oh, no, of course not. How stupid/silly of me.
    Oh, forget it, I have no idea why I just said that.
    No, that's ridiculous/crazy, of course that won't work.
    No, wait, that was all a total crock, I take it back.
    No, actually that's total garbage. Sorry, just ignore me.
    Never mind, don't listen to me, I don't have a clue.
    Sorry, I don't have the foggiest idea what I'm talking about.
    What a pinhead/moron / What an idiot / etc.

    Basically, 'rubbish' is BE and 'garbage' is AE, and 'nonsense' is somewhat more formal. But if you don't have to be too literal, there are lots of options. (-:
    #3Author hm -- us (236141) 16 Mar 07, 22:32
    SuggestionJust kidding!
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    Only pulling your leg!
    #4Author DW (EN) (241915) 16 Mar 07, 22:34
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    For 'dummes Zeug reden,' you might also find something here:

    related discussion: to shoot the breeze - einfach so daherreden


    #5Author hm -- us (236141) 16 Mar 07, 22:37
    SuggestionJust having you on
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    and just 'avin' a larf!
    #6Author DW (EN) (241915) 16 Mar 07, 22:39
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    DW's examples are for when you were INTENTIONALLY spouting garbage, whereas "Ach Quatsch ich rede dummes Zeug" indicates that you've just stopped yourself mid-garbage because you suddenly realized you weren't making sense.
    #7AuthorLaraUS (239207) 16 Mar 07, 22:42
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    @hm--us: OT/ Can you shed any light here?
    related discussion: Part of 'So long, Marianne'
    /OT
    #8AuthorAnne(gb)16 Mar 07, 23:03
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    @LaraUS: True, good point, although I'd contest the assertion that "Ach Quatsch ich rede dummes Zeug" always indicates that. My daughter almost always says that after intentionally leading us up the garden path, and my wife says it too sometimes. More often after intentioanlly doing so than otherwise. They may or may not be typical, of course... (as you know ;-) )
    #9Author DW (EN) (241915) 16 Mar 07, 23:08
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    I guess it depends on the intonation more than the wording in German.

    Anyway, 6:03 to 23:09 is LONG ENOUGHin the office for a Friday, don't you think?
    #10Author DW (EN) (241915) 16 Mar 07, 23:10
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    My wife confirmed that they are not typical and LaraUS is right in #7, even though -- as far as they are concerned -- I was also right.
    #11AuthorDW (EN) unplugged17 Mar 07, 21:51
     
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