"Hose" (pron. ho-se
Apparently, it's a sort of dialect of German. Thanks to the pair of Austrian tourists who were looking for the library for that one.
( - and just why is it, by the way, that I get stopped at least twice a week by foreigners trying to find somewhere? Is it just cos there's a lot of tourists about cos this is when they get their holidays, and I do spend a lot of time in the station/bus station part of town? Is it cos I'm usually alone and therefore approachable? Is it cos I'm a bit tatty-looking, and therefore approachable? Hmmmm.)
