Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/03/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Slip is French for knickers. On 15 Mar, 2010, at 22:52, Geoff Hopkinson wrote: > I like the German English "beamer" for (slide or video) projector. > I might also add that Currywurst is the worst curry I have ever tasted. The > wurst part is fine! > 'slip' here though is an undergarment (a petticoat) and spas do sometime > call themselves "wellness" centres, especically when they involve New Age > treatments. > > Cheers > Geoff > http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman > > > On 16 March 2010 08:38, Douglas Sharp <douglas.sharp at gmx.de> wrote: > >> Doug, >> >> the funniest things in German, as you probably know, happen when splitting >> words at the end of lines whe typing, I've ofet thought of preparing >> something like that for a radio announcer ofr the like. >> >> For instance, there's a rule that says that Sextanten (the plural of >> sextant) has to be split as Sext-anten to avoid it being read as >> Sex-tanten >> ( a colloquial word for whores). >> >> The same applies to Urinsekten (premieval insects) which which suddenly >> turn into piss-worshippers when written like this Urin-sekten. >> >> Quite amusing are things like "rasensprengen" for watering the lawn, which >> actually could means blowing up the lawn with explosives, or the butterfly >> known as a Zitronenfalter - a lemon folder - have you ever tried to fold a >> lemon? >> >> In the meantime, the Germans have invented quite a few English words that >> don't really exist: >> >> Handy = mobile phone or cellphone >> Pullunder = a sleeveless pullover >> Wellness = spa >> Claim = slogan >> Slip = knickers >> >> Just to name a few >> >> Cheers >> Douglas >> >> >> On 15.03.2010 21:58, dnygr wrote: >> >>> In Germany, I'm always surprised to find a sentence (Satz) at the bottom >>> of my coffee cup. Trouble is I can never read it. Mark Twain certainly >>> had >>> the German language's number, I'd say. There are times in Germany that >>> people speak of a train (Zug) being in the room with us, and there >>> isn't.? >>> I'm sure Germans can speak of strange things in English as well. >>> In humor, >>> Doug >>> >>> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information