Wtf And Oddities

[Barbaria1]

You are right Madiosi, and therefore I never put a foreign word without its English translation!

According to an urban legend, however, in 1795, English as official language in the USA won in congress with only one vote over German.
(actually there has only been a proposal to have all laws also translated in German and it was never submitted to vote)
Imagine how Frau Barbara Mohr would have fancied the word 'schwellung' here on CF, instead of 'tumescence'.

Schwellung vs. tumescence ... doesn't quite have the same ring, but I like it

 

[Madiosi]

Schwellung vs. tumescence ... doesn't quite have the same ring, but I like it

Male organs have "Schwellkörper" - erectile tissue - Madiosi would say: tumescence bodies

 

[Wragg]

English likes loanwords, also learning foreign words is educational

I always say 'gesundheit' when someone sneezes. And 'schadenfreude' for, well, schadenfreude. (Is there an English word for schadenfreude? )

 

[Madiosi]

I always say 'gesundheit' when someone sneezes. And 'schadenfreude' for, well, schadenfreude. (Is there an English word for schadenfreude? )

Stranger Damage fun?

 

[Wragg]

Stranger Damage fun?

There isn't a single word, the best translation is 'Joy at misfortune'

 

[Madiosi]

There isn't a single word, the best translation is 'Joy at misfortune'

Sometimes we have cool words.
But English is often shorter.

 

[Loxuru]

Stranger Damage fun?

There isn't a single word, the best translation is 'Joy at misfortune'

Gloating?

 

[Wragg]

Gloating?

Possibly, though one may gloat at one's own success, be self-satisfied (selbstgefällig) without requiring a misfortune; but yes, that's probably the best single word.

 

[RacingRodent]

Possibly, though one may gloat at one's own success, be self-satisfied (selbstgefällig) without requiring a misfortune; but yes, that's probably the best single word.

But schadenfreude is so much more specific.

 

[Jollyrei]

I always say 'gesundheit' when someone sneezes. And 'schadenfreude' for, well, schadenfreude. (Is there an English word for schadenfreude? )

There isn't a single word, the best translation is 'Joy at misfortune'

Sometimes we have cool words.
But English is often shorter.

For these interesting philosophical words however, the German tendency to string words together descriptively into one word is more useful than English, as in "Weltanschauung" or "Schadenfreude", or my current favourite:

 

[phlebas]

I always say 'gesundheit' when someone sneezes.

I bet you got it from American TV or film though, didn't you?

And 'schadenfreude' for, well, schadenfreude. (Is there an English word for schadenfreude? )

“The problem with the French is that they don’t have a word for entrepreneur.”

Sadly, according to Snopes, this quote is an urban myth.
http://www.snopes.com/quotes/bush.asp

 

[Wragg]

I bet you got it from American TV or film though, didn't you?

Actually, no, my wife grew up in Southern Germany. We use quite a few German phrases between us.

 

[Madiosi]

We Germans can also short articulate:

 

[Wragg]

We Germans can also short articulate:
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[Madiosi]

All evenings belly-dance!

 

[hiliary]

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=490062281358040

Pussy Toy!

LOLA and OUCH!!!

 

[hiliary]

That last one looks like your sort of tattoo, PP

This one looks like a metaphor for the student experience

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Ad for National Publisher's Day?

 

[Eulalia]

We Germans can also short articulate:
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And I like the friendly farewells you give us Brits as we leave you

 

[phlebas]

And I like the friendly farewells you give us Brits as we leave you

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Doubtless it's all that sauerkraut

Now, would you like to see a naked girl with a nice big rack?

 

[Madiosi]

Doubtless it's all that sauerkraut

Now, would you like to see a naked girl with a nice big rack?

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I would say, a typical blonde swedish elk-girl.