Der, die, or das?
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*runs screaming into the night* Gah!
Also, is it OK that I tend to giggle when I see words like die Lebensmittellieferung? A “sesquipedalian” word is a long one, a foot-and-a-half long, to take the meaning literally. I guess in German one-and-a-half feet long is just getting started.
*runs screaming into the night* Gah!
Also, is it OK that I tend to giggle when I see words like die Lebensmittellieferung? A “sesquipedalian” word is a long one, a foot-and-a-half long, to take the meaning literally. I guess in German one-and-a-half feet long is just getting started.
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Date: 2006-02-08 12:15 am (UTC)And the long words... I think, we love them. German Authors like Thomas Mann liked to use long words to form even longer sentences.
*thinks of a long word*
"Rotationsviskosimeter"... that was the thing in my lab that sends the samples flying around! :)
BTW, #Filkhaven was fun yesterday night!
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Date: 2006-02-08 07:02 am (UTC)(Huh, is it really "ein?" Gah!)
#filkhaven was fun, yes.
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Date: 2006-02-08 08:45 am (UTC):)