driving backwards

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Hi..Pls suggest corrections for the following sentence...My friends were  driving backwards on circular traffic intersection. they foun dit so geil.. and someone hit them from back..

BarbaraPA · Accepted Answer

My friends were driving backward on the traffic circle/roudabout.

What does "geil" mean?

Were they drivng the car in reverse, or were they going the wrong way in the circle?

Sand-dumes · Answer

cause they were bit drunk and  enjoying.. geil means exiting!!

Anonymous · Answer

geil . . . That's a new one. What is it's origin?

P.S. Your friends are lucky. They put other people's lives in danger by pulling that stunt!

Yankee · Answer

I only know "geil" as a German expression.  I've never heard it used in English.

Sand-dumes · Answer

i requested corrections..i know it was irresponsible of them.. yeah geil is a german expression... its being widely used like Wunderkind, Wanderlust,kaputt.. etc

thanks

BarbaraPA · Answer

I know wunderkid and kaputt, but I've never heard geil. I'd say part of "correcting" is to make sure that your intended audience will understand.

So the other question is, if they were driving backwards, how can you say "they were hit from behind." It sounds like they collided with another car - they were both moving. Did the rear of their car (in the direction it was going) hit another car?

Did I misunderstand? Were they going in the right direction, with the traffic, but driving backwards? Or were they facing the way they were supposed to face, but driving backwards, against the traffic?

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