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Occasional musings, Geistesblitze, photos, drawings etc. by a "resident alien", who has landed on American soil from a far-away planet called "Germany".

Monday, March 30, 2015

Word of the Month: Der Dünnbrettbohrer

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Word of the Month: Index It's time to up the ante and introduce a word consisting of three compounds. In the present case, they a...

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Friday, March 20, 2015

Rumpelstiltskin: The Initial Version

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Following my post on parallels I saw between Shylock in Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice and Rumpelstiltskin , I dug a little deep...

Tuesday, February 10, 2015

Word of the Month: Die Wortklauberei

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Word of the Month: Index Wort means "word" and Klauberei is a noun derived form the verb klauben —to carefully pick over or so...

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Wednesday, January 28, 2015

Another Take on Mutti

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Tuesday, January 27, 2015

Word of the Month: Die Mutti

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Word of the Month: Index Mutti is not a compound word, and there are perfectly fine equivalents in English. That is, the WoM for January ...

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Sunday, December 14, 2014

Word of the Month: Der Geistesblitz

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Word of the Month: Index In the present context, Geist means "mind" or "intellect." A Blitz is a lightning stroke, as...

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Tuesday, December 2, 2014

Flemming's First and Second Law of Taking Offense

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We live in a culture (and I'm speaking not only about the USA) that puts a high value on feeling offended. It seems that, for some peopl...

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Ulrich: "One thing could be said about Ulrich with certainty: He loved mathematics because of the people who could not stand it." (Robert Musil, The Man Without Properties, m.t.)

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