http://www.inactualfact.com/2007/07/13/metic-meaters/ ... This Wasn't What I Expected Sat, 22 Nov 2008 00:31:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 http://www.inactualfact.com/2007/07/13/metic-meaters/#comment-19303 Wed, 18 Jul 2007 23:32:49 +0000 http://www.inactualfact.com/2007/07/13/metic-meaters/#comment-19303 It's worse than you think, Mr Fact. You've been lied to for many years. That great composite noun "Sechzehnmeterraum" you heard about while almost falling asleep whenever watching the German national team? Well, it's not 16 m. Due to the English original, the 18 yard box (i.e. the 16.4592 m box), the German box is almost half a metre longer than the name suggests. We knew it all along. Sports journalists are not exactly worshipping accuracy and Germans just claim to be accurate and rule obeying. It’s worse than you think, Mr Fact. You’ve been lied to for many years. That great composite noun “Sechzehnmeterraum” you heard about while almost falling asleep whenever watching the German national team? Well, it’s not 16 m. Due to the English original, the 18 yard box (i.e. the 16.4592 m box), the German box is almost half a metre longer than the name suggests.
We knew it all along. Sports journalists are not exactly worshipping accuracy and Germans just claim to be accurate and rule obeying.

]]> http://www.inactualfact.com/2007/07/13/metic-meaters/#comment-19292 Wed, 18 Jul 2007 17:51:13 +0000 http://www.inactualfact.com/2007/07/13/metic-meaters/#comment-19292 <strong>Anyhoo: </strong>You'll be pleased to be told that awful snap thing has been turned off. <strong> Wintergreen:</strong> Anyhoo: You’ll be pleased to be told that awful snap thing has been turned off.

Wintergreen:

]]> http://www.inactualfact.com/2007/07/13/metic-meaters/#comment-19213 Sun, 15 Jul 2007 17:57:02 +0000 http://www.inactualfact.com/2007/07/13/metic-meaters/#comment-19213 At least they weren't confusing matters further by using the traditional German inch (= 3 cm). And let's not even get started on the Dresden elbow... At least they weren’t confusing matters further by using the traditional German inch (= 3 cm). And let’s not even get started on the Dresden elbow…

]]> http://www.inactualfact.com/2007/07/13/metic-meaters/#comment-19206 Sun, 15 Jul 2007 11:01:15 +0000 http://www.inactualfact.com/2007/07/13/metic-meaters/#comment-19206 <strong>Armin: </strong>Yes, but doesn't <em>Waschtisch </em>sound much more <a href="http://sortiment.obi.de/obi/produktdetails.do?pk=t8xLgvazlsd6s3cTXEYV58-1&refpk=Kh77A7Xklsd6s3cTXEYV58-142&page=4" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">valuable</a>? Whereas a <a href="http://sortiment.obi.de/obi/produktdetails.do?pk=qmnssIKllsd6s3cTXEYV58-1&refpk=Kh77A7Xklsd6s3cTXEYV58-142&page=1" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Waschbecken </a>is obviously the poor man's option..... Armin: Yes, but doesn’t Waschtisch sound much more valuable? Whereas a Waschbecken is obviously the poor man’s option…..

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