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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...