January 2011
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TU Fashion
This is going to be a blog post that only people studying here in Vienna will really be able to appreciate, but anyone studying at a university with a strong group of science faculties should also be able to have a laugh… So I read this blog entry from a Viennese lifestyle site and thought they didn’t address the TU Wien’s fashion style very well. Allow me to correct this grave...
Jan 24th
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German words that we don't have in English
The German language is a fun thing. There are many words in this language that don’t have a very clear or exact meaning in English or words that describe entire actions or ideas that require whole sentences or phrases to accurately translate into English. Let’s have a look at a few of those… kiffen: in German this verb means “to smoke weed”. How cool is that? There...
Jan 20th
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germans butcher the english language
For those of you that don’t speak German, you’ll probably enjoy this more than the Germans, Swiss and Austrians that will read this. I think the natives will perhaps be a bit insulted. Whatever. German-speaking natives have done a wonderful job of taking English words and then butchering them and twisting them to fit the German language. Makes for a helluva time to learn the language...
Jan 16th
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A few of my favorite German-English phrases
There are quite a few lovely phrases in English and German that always make for a few laughs when doing literal (or near literal) translations. Here are a few that I can remember off the top of my head: “I glaub i krieg ‘ne Krise” is one of my favorites of all. If you translate this almost word for word into English it comes out like this, “I think I’m having a...
Jan 16th
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Some of my favorite movies
Had a conversation with someone recently about favorite movies, so I thought I would make a list while I listen to some good tunes. Comedy Ace Ventura: Pet Detective - I remember watching this when I was a kid, this movie turned me onto Jim Carrey and the rest of his movies and his comedy. The sequel is also really good. Classic ’90s comedy flick. Airplane! - One of the classic oldie...
Jan 6th