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There were three answers submitted to the off the cuff question “How do you say cheesy in German? on this weeks postcard.

käseartig from David B

schmalzige from Norman L

kitschig from Tom B

You decide.  I have no data and there could be more than one way to say “cheesy” in German.

The photo in question

Tom B’s email with the sensitive parts redacted:

I just happened to be in Austria when I got your postcard with the link to the photo about Checkpoint Charlie so I asked one of my native German speaking colleagues what Cheesy was in German.  He had never heard the English word so he did not know, but after a bit of discussion we arrived at “kitschig” which translates into kitschy.  I showed him the photo and he said we had got it right – your photo is definitely kitschig.