jake4480, 13 days ago

@sarajw that's so wild. But when you said future music, I definitely instantly first thought of Kraftwerk 😂

hdv, 13 days ago

@sarajw would be in Dutch!

sarajw, 13 days ago

@hdv does it have a negative connotation for you - i.e. future-out-of-reach and not worth considering now, if ever? That seems to be the gist of the German version.

hdv, 13 days ago

@sarajw hmm not very but somewhat negative, I think it's used when people are sceptical the thing will ever happen / realise, so quite similar to what you're describing

yatil, 13 days ago

@hdv @sarajw Yeah, I don’t think it’s entirely negative in German as well, people usually use it to describe something that is (way) out of scope or not tangible enough to be discussed right now. It’s very similar to “well cross that bridge when we get there”. Maybe there’s music at the bridge?

sarajw, 13 days ago

@yatil @hdv ok! Thank you :) yes that feels close to it... I bet I never ever heard it in English 😅

yatil, 13 days ago

@sarajw @hdv There are some people (cough me cough) who try to introduce the word Zukunftsmusik into the English language. 😂

sarajw, 13 days ago

@yatil @hdv it was You!

mxbck, 13 days ago

@sarajw jup, "das ist Zukunftsmusik" means something like "we don't need to bother with this right now / let's cross that bridge when we get there"

sarajw, 13 days ago

@mxbck Aaahhh have I anglicised a Germanism? Hm! Thank you!

mxbck, 13 days ago

@sarajw ah I assumed you meant that, I only know that term from German. Might have different meaning in other languages 😅