Wednesday, 7 July 2010

Off to Marburg for the afternoon today.

I was talking to Angelika last night about "Denglisch" - the overuse of unnecessary English phrases in German.
Tonight, the World Cup semi between Germany and Spain is being shown in the village hall. This is advertised as "Public Viewing". Seriously.
Better than that, Angelika's wee medical practice in the village runs a "Disease Management Programme" for people with chronic conditions. That is what it is called in German. Unreal!
I saw this article in the newspaper at the station: must make time to read it -

 Ist Deutsch noch zu retten? http://www.zeit.de/2010/27/Deutsch-Muttersprache

Will collect more Denglisch. Meanwhile, the Wildpark was excellent. Learned lots of new vocab.
Word of the Day: Waschbaer = racoon!
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3 comments:

  1. CarPol7 July 2010 at 11:00

    Waschbaer=toll. Is that because you have to wash in Tomatensaft if you come into too close contact with one?

    Enjoy the football - are the German flags flying?

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  2. CarPol7 July 2010 at 11:03

    Sorry got my Waschbaer confused with my Stinktier!

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  3. Fiona7 July 2010 at 11:26

    Yes - off to look in on the fitba' later on!

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