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We're under way! A friend sent me the "photo of the year" on the left...

The last preparatory friendlies have been played, each participating country has nominated the 23 players it will take to S.Africa, and susp...

Word of the Month: Index This compound word combines Reise (“travel, trip, journey”) and Fieber (“fever”). It denotes the excitement on...

Schmusekatze combines the verb schmusen (to snuggle, cuddle) with Katze (cat). It denotes someone who likes to snuggle with or cuddle ano...

The term is used, in the narrower sense, to refer to speech made incomprehensible because it is a mixture of words from different languages,...

Dachs is the   the German name for a badger (because of its short legs, a Dachshund is able to follow a badger into its burrow). The adjec...

There are some very interesting books out that deal with various aspects of the current political situation. We start with a comment by one ...