Untertiteln : Subtitles
My first sojourns into Europe were to Sweden, the Netherlands and then France. France was really just a few weeks with a family near Limoges as a school exchange, so that hardly counts. But in Sweden and Holland I got to watch some TV and it was in English, there were subtitles in […]
The most popular and visited page on this blog is the one about making (or rather, attempting to make) Aloo Paratha, complete with a dodgy recipe. It gets a minimum of ten to twenty hits a day from search engines. So what better way to improve stats than food-blogging. First off: pizza. Now, we all […]
“Zeugen Jehovahs“
Okay, it’s an easy one - “Jehovah’s Witnesses”, but what do you do when you find yourself on your doorstep talking to two of them? I could follow the example of my father who, when asked “If there was one thing that God could change in the world for you, what would it be?” […]
Hmm. Schwäbisch schreiben ist eigentlich ziemlich schwer. Vor allem wenn man in Stuttgart wohnt, wo fast alle sowieso quasi-Hochdeutsch reden. Also, schluß mit Schwäbisch, jetzt geht’s um Bürokratie-Deutsch.
Übersetzt: Ich bin faul und hab’ heute einer mail bekommen mit aufschnitten von den blödesten Bürokratie-Sprüchen Deutschlands. Ich würde versuchen, die meisten ins Englische zu übersetzen, aber manche […]
Na guat, Armin at a Ministry of Propaganda has brought to my attention the concept of Language Week (2005). Oh , and I see Christina is doing it too. Basically, all one has to do is blog in a language other than the one normally used on one’s site. As the German of the Day […]
Easyjetsetter and Tim Worstall seem to have tagged me with a book meme and I hate them (memes that is, I’m sure EJ and Tim are perfectly wonderful people). Easyjetsetter was first, I should point out.
Number of books I own: Does mental calculation of books per shelf x number of shelves plus books in England […]
Once more a story of my early months of living in Germany with very little grasp of the language and, incidentally, the only anecdote that involves me being forcibly ejected from a DIY store by two well-built gentlemen and told that if I didn’t leave the car park immediately they would call the police.
I was […]
After reading a disturbing amount of literature during my hospital stay and in the time afterwards, I took a break from reading for a while. I’ve found myself needing to consume something papery of late though. The dear Mr. Stairs didn’t exactly recommend this book, he merely stated that some of my posts/e-mails reminded him […]
I’ve developed an enormous respect for people that work in translation. With time I’ve got to a point where I trust myself to translate things from either German or Science-speak into English. Actually, as I have enough friends who need the freelance work (and are better than me) I tend to pass the majority of […]
“Setzen Sie sich”, the tutor said, pointing to the last available chair in the group as I burst through the door a few minutes late for the first class. I’d only been in Germany for about 6 weeks and had signed up for this course at the local community centre.
I’d learnt some German words; “Fisch” […]
