Beitrag von: heinzi am 26 Oktober 2006, 15:15:16
Beitrag von: hanswurtebrot am 26 Oktober 2006, 15:40:21
Anybody here with English as native language? I've been learning since only six years because my first chosen foreign language at school was Latin. I think my English isn't too bad but I still admire people with an excellent pronunciation and a big vocabulary.
I've English as an advanced course at school, my best opportunity to try my language skills was in March and April 2004 when I spent two months in San Francisco and Los Angeles as an exchange student.
Beitrag von: das Glückskind am 26 Oktober 2006, 17:07:17
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(hanswurtebrot @ 26 10 2006,15:40)
Anybody here with English as native language?
I don´t think so, John (?) Sausagebread.
My English teacher at High school was a native american (and very cute, by the way), and I think he has had a considerable influence on me and my pronounciation, because the first thing I was asked when I spoke English at university was if I had learnt English in the United States.
Beitrag von: Marcus am 26 Oktober 2006, 17:15:59
Beitrag von: bockmouth am 26 Oktober 2006, 17:21:56
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(Marcus @ 26 10 2006,17:15)
Well, maybe Vivian has learned English as native language?
No, she has not because she was born in Belgium in the German Language District.
Beitrag von: bockmouth am 26 Oktober 2006, 17:26:22
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Anybody here with English as native language?
I don´t think so, John (?) Sausagebread.
Lucky Child: The English Translation for the German "Hans" is Jack.
Beitrag von: bockmouth am 26 Oktober 2006, 17:32:14
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I've English as an advanced course at school, my best opportunity to try my language skills was in March and April 2004 when I spent two months in San Francisco and Los Angeles as an exchange student.
My goodness, HWB, tell me a place in the world you haven't been there.
The first time I had been in a foreign country, I was 15 years old. 1966 in the Netherlands.
Beitrag von: hanswurtebrot am 26 Oktober 2006, 17:52:41
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I've English as an advanced course at school, my best opportunity to try my language skills was in March and April 2004 when I spent two months in San Francisco and Los Angeles as an exchange student.
My goodness, HWB, tell me a place in the world you haven't been there.
Australia, New Zealand, (South) Africa, Asia (except Turkey) ...
Beitrag von: Marcus am 26 Oktober 2006, 17:54:16
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The first time I had been in a foreign country, I was 15 years old. 1966 in the Netherlands.
I was nine months old. 1982 in Switzerland. ;-)
Beitrag von: hanswurtebrot am 26 Oktober 2006, 17:58:42
I flew to Fuerteventura with my mother.
Beitrag von: bockmouth am 26 Oktober 2006, 18:28:32
I have been in these European countries: The Netherlands, France, Luxembourg, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, close to the Czechoslowakian Border, Spain, Belgium, Andorra, Monaco, Switzerland, Great Britain, Ireland, Italy and Austria.
If you signify the former GDR as a separate state I can add one more country.
Beitrag von: hanswurtebrot am 26 Oktober 2006, 18:40:58
The Netherlands (1x), Belgium (2x), Luxembourg (countless), Austria (7x), Italy (9x), Vatican (2x), France (2x), Spain (3x), Great Britain (2x), Ireland (2x), Finland (1x), Malta (2x), Bosnia-Herzegowina (1x), Czech Republic (1x) and the European part of Turkey (1x).
Non European countries:
U.S.A. (2x), Mexico (2x), Canada (1x), Ecuador (1x), Israel (1x) and the Asian part of Turkey (1x).
In 1989 I went to the GDR but I don't count this.
Beitrag von: bockmouth am 26 Oktober 2006, 18:57:34
Beitrag von: Lunatic am 26 Oktober 2006, 20:35:39
Beitrag von: Mondkalb am 26 Oktober 2006, 22:10:23
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Anybody here with English as native language?
I don´t think so, John (?) Sausagebread.
Lucky Child: The English Translation for the German "Hans" is Jack.
But isn't "Jack" a sort of nickname for "John"? Similar to "Dick" and "Richard". At least "Hans" is an abbreviation for names like "Johann" or "Johannes" and the english translation should be "Jonathan" and short "John". I know that it is "Juan" in Spain.
Beitrag von: Eisblume am 27 Oktober 2006, 10:56:38
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But isn't "Jack" a sort of nickname for "John"? Similar to "Dick" and "Richard". At least "Hans" is an abbreviation for names like "Johann" or "Johannes" and the english translation should be "Jonathan" and short "John". I know that it is "Juan" in Spain.
Yes, Jack is a sort of nickname for John, and Hans is an abbreviation for Johann, but the English version of Johann is John, not Jonathan.
According to Wikipedia (what did we do before they invented themselves?), Jonathan is not a variation of John, but a name in its own right. (See John here). So it should be Jack indeed.
Beitrag von: das Glückskind am 27 Oktober 2006, 11:43:00
Beitrag von: Ilse am 27 Oktober 2006, 11:48:21
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has anyone of you ever went to Walt Disney World in Orlando?
No, but I am proud to say, that I've been at Graceland (Memphis/Tennesee) and I that Elvis ist really dead......
Beitrag von: bockmouth am 27 Oktober 2006, 12:35:24
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According to Wikipedia (what did we do before they invented themselves
Good question, you 're perfectly right, dear Ice Flower...
Beitrag von: Eisblume am 27 Oktober 2006, 14:31:30
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I thought that Jack was an abbreviation for James. At least James was Cutie-the-English-teacher's name, and he was called Jack by his colleagues.
It seems to be rather difficult with "Jack", I never thought about James.
But: It's no wonder that your cute teacher was called Jack, because, again according to Wikipedia, James is derived from the same Hebrew name as Jacob. And it's only a small step from James/Jacob to Jack, isn't it?
Beitrag von: hanswurtebrot am 27 Oktober 2006, 14:46:13
By the way: In English advanced course we read Aldous Huxley's "Brave New World" at the moment. Not a bad book but the best English novel I've ever read was "Lord of the Flies" by William Golding last year.
Last year I've started to read Harry Potter VI but I've admitted to me that it was too difficult.
Beitrag von: das Glückskind am 27 Oktober 2006, 15:00:39
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But: It's no wonder that your cute teacher was called Jack, because, again according to Wikipedia, James is derived from the same Hebrew name as Jacob. And it's only a small step from James/Jacob to Jack, isn't it?
Yes, it's the logical next step, as Vivian would say.
Jake works well as an abbrev. of Jacob, too.
So, JohnJack, you don't like"Brave New World" too much? Neither did I.
I think Harry Potter is not that difficult to read, once you're "in it" and caught by its magic. Stay tuned.
Beitrag von: Eisblume am 27 Oktober 2006, 15:01:27
Harry Potter: Oh, you shouldn't give up on that, maybe you should try again now! It has been a long time since I was forced to read Brave New World, but I could imagine that it is quite difficult as well. At least I can remember that the foreword nearly was enough for me...
Beitrag von: Benevolo am 27 Oktober 2006, 16:06:56
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By the way: In English advanced course we read Aldous Huxley's "Brave New World" at the moment. Not a bad book but the best English novel I've ever read was "Lord of the Flies" by William Golding last year.
Oh Thank goodness, Johnny Saussagebread
You still read this dull literature at school nowadays?
I already red this almost 20 years ago!
Don't they have any idea about reading more current things?
Beitrag von: Benevolo am 27 Oktober 2006, 16:09:14
I didn't really notice your posting but I do agree with you!
Beitrag von: hanswurtebrot am 27 Oktober 2006, 16:31:27
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By the way: In English advanced course we read Aldous Huxley's "Brave New World" at the moment. Not a bad book but the best English novel I've ever read was "Lord of the Flies" by William Golding last year.
Oh Thank goodness, Johnny Saussagebread
You still read this dull literature at school nowadays?
I already red this almost 20 years ago!
Don't they have any idea about reading more current things?
My English teacher (unfortunately he is also my tutor) is born in 1947, he teaches since 35 years with same methods. I hate his lessons.
We did read last year:
Ernest Hemingway: "The Old Man and the Sea"
Arthur Miller: "Death of a Salesman"
William Golding: "Lord of the Flies"
E. R. Braithwaite: "To Sir, with Love"
William Shakespeare: "Macbeth"
This year so far:
Aldous Huxley: "Brave New World"
Beitrag von: Benevolo am 27 Oktober 2006, 16:40:21
Poor Johnny
I expected some hints about new and interesting english books from you.
But is it only the fault of your old-fashioned teacher or of general ancient teaching programmes (???)
What do other classes an courses read?
Beitrag von: hanswurtebrot am 27 Oktober 2006, 16:47:16
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What do other classes an courses read?
Quite the same literature, Benevolo.
The syllabus doesn't leave many space in view of the outstanding "Landesabitur 2007" in the state of Hesse.
But - fortunately - I have still another advanced course: Music...
Beitrag von: Benevolo am 27 Oktober 2006, 16:53:42
But, what do you expect from a state governed by such a prime minister!
Beitrag von: hanswurtebrot am 27 Oktober 2006, 16:59:22
But Roland Koch is a story in itself, you're right...
Beitrag von: bockmouth am 27 Oktober 2006, 18:46:31
I'm sitting here with laugh tears in my eyes.
When I don't stop reading your exellent postings I've to roll over the floor laughing.
Beitrag von: hanswurtebrot am 27 Oktober 2006, 18:50:40
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When I don't stop reading your exellent postings I've to roll over the floor laughing.
... because of the large number of mistakes in my postings?
Beitrag von: bockmouth am 27 Oktober 2006, 19:27:53
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When I don't stop reading your exellent postings I've to roll over the floor laughing.
... because of the large number of mistakes in my postings?
No no, not at all, but because all the users' humour.
Beitrag von: Mondkalb am 27 Oktober 2006, 19:46:37
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By the way: In English advanced course we read Aldous Huxley's "Brave New World" at the moment. Not a bad book but the best English novel I've ever read was "Lord of the Flies" by William Golding last year.
Oh Thank goodness, Johnny Saussagebread
You still read this dull literature at school nowadays?
I already red this almost 20 years ago!
Don't they have any idea about reading more current things?
In my opinion "Brave new world" has quite current contents.
Just that it's old doesn't it mean it's old-fashioned, not even remotely! And the only reason for thinking it's dull is that you read it in school. That is probably the real problem. I had it with most of the literature we read in school. But it's not the literature, it's the teachers.
Where is the point in reading "current" books just to appear "up to date" or "hip". English (or german or any language) lessons are not there to explain you the newest publications. You can get that from the "Spiegel Bestsellerliste" or "Amazon Highlights". But that's got nothing to do with literature. Some books are not called "classics" for no reason.
Beitrag von: Mondkalb am 27 Oktober 2006, 20:01:40
And regarding Harry Potter (yes, Harry Potter is great literature): the difficulties are probably the "technical terms". All this "cauldron" and "broom" stuff. Once you get used to it it's not too (*) difficult. And it's definitely worth the effort, the original english version is orders of magniude better than the translation (at least than the german translation). I had this problems when I started to read Pratchett's Discworld novels in english, I was simply not used to this kind of vocabulary.
(edit: "too" with two "o"s? Yes. Well, my english ist obviously still not too good, despite the english discworld novels)
Beitrag von: EdnaKrabappel am 28 Oktober 2006, 09:11:10
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[...]No no, not at all [...]
Why do I suddenly hear Frank´n´Furter?
"...in another dimension, with voyeuristic intentions..."
Beitrag von: Eisblume am 30 Oktober 2006, 16:44:46
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[...]No no, not at all [...]
Why do I suddenly hear Frank´n´Furter?
"...in another dimension, with voyeuristic intentions..."
Edna: Thank you very much, now I have the whole soundtrack going round and round in my head, all at the same time...
I wonder how long it takes to get rid of that?!
Beitrag von: scrooge am 30 Oktober 2006, 16:50:48
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I've been learning since only six years because my first chosen foreign language at school was Latin.
Well, let's count some peas:
It's not "since" but "for" in this sentence.
Since 1996, since 2 o'clock, since Wednesday, but for 6 years, for 2 hours, for 9 months etc.
@ Mooncalf: "too" with double-o is correct here. Too much, too difficult.
Beitrag von: das Glückskind am 30 Oktober 2006, 16:56:55
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Thank you very much, now I have the whole soundtrack going round and round in my head, all at the same time...
I wonder how long it takes to get rid of that?! Until you get the next catchy tune (earworm).
Hmm, I really would like to help you with another song, but all I can think of is "touch-a touch-a touch-a touch me, I wanna be dirty ... "
Beitrag von: Eisblume am 30 Oktober 2006, 17:04:31
Well, I suppose I need to turn on the radio...
Beitrag von: bockmouth am 30 Oktober 2006, 17:09:42
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Until you get the next catchy tune (earworm).
Another little pea: ear-wig - not earworm, please...
Beitrag von: das Glückskind am 01 November 2006, 11:30:10
What does "Bockmouth" mean, by the way?
Beitrag von: salessia am 01 November 2006, 12:15:16
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Bocki, I asked BEOlingus before, and there it says that "earwig" is the zoological term, while - meaning the catchy tune - it is called "earworm".
What does "Bockmouth" mean, by the way?
I also didn't know that, until he told me!
Bockmouth = Bocklemünd
Beitrag von: das Glückskind am 01 November 2006, 13:16:12
*faint*
Beitrag von: bockmouth am 01 November 2006, 15:24:09
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Bocki, I asked BEOlingus before, and there it says that "earwig" is the zoological term, while - meaning the catchy tune - it is called "earworm".
Lucky Child you're right of course.
Stupid me didn't see the words 'catchy tune' in the dictionary.
The one who is able to read has get an advantage.
If the Lime*-Tree Street Studios would be in
Cologne-Bilderstöckchen my nick were *Little Picture Stick*
Blumenberg = Flowerhill
Kalk = Lime*
Sülz = Aspic
Vingst = Whitsuntide (bad translation!)
Vogelsang =Birdsong
Zollstock = Foot-Rule
Look there, Linde and Kalk have got the same word in the English language, very interesting.
Beitrag von: nachteule am 01 November 2006, 18:36:00
It seems to be very funny!
Beitrag von: bockmouth am 01 November 2006, 18:38:38
Beitrag von: markus am 01 November 2006, 19:21:44
I was talking for more than 2 hours today with my buddies in Australia and Japan via Skype and we were discussing our plans for next year's trip. We'll meet for about one week in Cairns and are gonna have a great time, that's for sure. We already laughed so hard on the phone. I'm really looking forward to see them again.
Beitrag von: bockmouth am 01 November 2006, 19:31:19
Beitrag von: markus am 01 November 2006, 19:33:13
Beitrag von: bockmouth am 01 November 2006, 19:37:24
Beitrag von: nachteule am 01 November 2006, 23:26:14
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they're both germans, I studied together with them.
I don't know why! But that reminds me when I had been on a tip to Cologne last year with a friend of mine a man spoke to us on the station Deutz and he asked us where we come from. He asked us in English!!! And we told him: "From Northern Germany." The man: "Oh! And I'm from Augsburg. How are you?"
He spoke English again!!!
Beitrag von: salessia am 02 November 2006, 00:20:58
(Denglisch)
Beitrag von: das Glückskind am 02 November 2006, 11:28:44
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they're both germans, I studied together with them.
I don't know why! But that reminds me when I had been on a tip to Cologne last year with a friend of mine a man spoke to us on the station Deutz and he asked us where we come from. He asked us in English!!! And we told him: "From Northern Germany." The man: "Oh! And I'm from Augsburg. How are you?"
That happened to us in Prague, about a million times. Someone addressed us at the street, asking something in an english-german-mix, until one of us remarked: "Oh, you're german, too? So why do we speak English?"
Beitrag von: Eisblume am 02 November 2006, 15:25:59
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If the Lime*-Tree Street Studios would be in
Cologne-Bilderstöckchen my nick were *Little Picture Stick*
Blumenberg = Flowerhill
Kalk = Lime*
Sülz = Aspic
Vingst = Whitsuntide (bad translation!)
Vogelsang =Birdsong
Zollstock = Foot-Rule
Look there, Linde and Kalk have got the same word in the English language, very interesting.
Bockmouth, you enlighten me! I always thought that the German "Linde" is called "linden" in English, and I never heard of a tree called "lime"... So, you made we wonder, and I found out that the tree which gave the TV series its name is called "lime" in Britain and "linden" in North America. Tssss... you live and learn!
And, to top off you Kalk and Linde bit of knowledge: The citrus fruit Limone, similar to a lemon, but green not yellow used to make Caipirinha, is called "lime" as well!
Beitrag von: scrooge am 02 November 2006, 16:41:35
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That happened to us in Prague, about a million times. Someone addressed us at the street, asking something in an english-german-mix, until one of us remarked: "Oh, you're german, too? So why do we speak English?"
That's much nicer than what happened to a friend of mine and me in Inverness. A guy asked us: "Excjuus mi, du ju schbiek Tschöaman?" My friend and I: "Ja." His answer: "So schaugt's aa aus."
Beitrag von: das Glückskind am 02 November 2006, 18:10:49
What a git! A bavarian git.
Beitrag von: markus am 02 November 2006, 20:22:09
Two strangers meet in London. They start a conversation but they have to use their dictionary quite often.
A: "Hello, Sir! How goes it you?"
B: "Oh, thank you for the afterquestion."
A: "Are your already long here?"
B: "No, first a pair days. I'm not out London."
A: "Thunderweather, that overrushes me, you see not so out."
B: "That can yes beforecome. But now what other: my hairs stood to mountains as I the traffic saw. So much cars gives it here."
A: "You are heavy on the woodway if you believe that in London horsedroveworks go."
B: "Will we now drink a beer? My throat is outdried. But look, there is a guesthouse, let us there man go!"
A: "That is a good idea. Equal goes it loose, I will only my shoeband close."
B: "Here we are. Make me please the door open."
A: "But there is a beforehangingcastle, the economy is to. How sorry! Then I will go back to the hotel, it is already retard. On again see!"
B: "Oh, yes, I will too go. I must become my draught to Bristol. Auf Wiedersehen!"
A: "Nanu, sie sind Deutscher?"
B: "Ja, sie auch? Das wundert mich aber. Ihr Englisch ist so hervorragend, dass ich es gar nicht bemerkt hatte..."
Beitrag von: timo1979 am 02 November 2006, 20:40:51
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Anybody here with English as native language?
I don´t think so, John (?) Sausagebread.
Lucky Child: The English Translation for the German "Hans" is Jack.
OMG: Imagine our beloved "Limestreet" hero's name would be Jack Beimer!
Beitrag von: markus am 02 November 2006, 20:41:46
Beitrag von: timo1979 am 02 November 2006, 20:42:57
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Some books are not called "classics" for no reason.
But there ARE classics that have been written AFTER 1945.
Beitrag von: salessia am 02 November 2006, 20:44:02
Beitrag von: timo1979 am 02 November 2006, 20:45:44
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wouldn't it be Jack Bbucket?
Probably Jack Stewart or something the like. Oh yes, that's fun - let's rename all our Limestreet heroes into English!
Jack Stewarts wife would be Anne Bricks, her children Sarah, Thomas and Sophia Bricks.
Jack Stewarts ex-wife would be Helen Stewart, their children Mary, Ben and Nick Stewart.
Not to forget: The famous Louis Turner, MD. Or his late wife Elizabeth's gay son, Christian Whistle, MD.
Beitrag von: salessia am 02 November 2006, 21:08:21
My friend was in London in a restaurant and said: "I become a steak."
Beitrag von: Mondkalb am 02 November 2006, 22:31:54
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Some books are not called "classics" for no reason.
But there ARE classics that have been written AFTER 1945.
Of course there are. So what? That doesn't make them better than older books. It makes them different. Because they (their authors) are influenced by different historical, social, political... circumstances. Because they were influenced by different other (older) books and authors. Because in different ages different literary styles were established (or regarded as fashion).
Imagine this argument in a history lesson: "Ooh, but there were important historical events after 1945, why do we have to learn the dull things which happened before? Let's forget about that!"
And I'm sure you wouldn't tell your physics teacher "Yuck, what do you mean, 'actio=reactio', that was discoverd by Newton, he lived AGES ago, even my father learned this old-fashioned rubbish, start teaching us some RECENT physical theories!!"
Then why do you think you can argue like this in literature?
Beitrag von: markus am 02 November 2006, 23:13:18
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let's rename all our Limestreet heroes into English!
rest in peace, Elisabeth Ring
and welcome, Frank Sign Meniant, son of Tanja Sign Meniant and Susan Judge
who else have we got:
Lisa Hopemaster
Ines Ring, born Chandler
Morris Sparrow
Christian Burner
Rosemary Cook
... guess that's all for the translatable names
Beitrag von: bockmouth am 02 November 2006, 23:20:29
Beitrag von: bockmouth am 02 November 2006, 23:22:55
Benno Carpenter
Beitrag von: markus am 02 November 2006, 23:23:58
Beitrag von: bockmouth am 02 November 2006, 23:29:14
Beitrag von: salessia am 02 November 2006, 23:34:28
Susan Judge
....and the Goatlers
Beitrag von: Benevolo am 03 November 2006, 11:00:28
Beitrag von: timo1979 am 03 November 2006, 15:42:13
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(Mondkalb @ 02 11 2006,22:31)
(Mondkalb @ 02 11 2006,22:31)
Imagine this argument in a history lesson: "Ooh, but there were important historical events after 1945, why do we have to learn the dull things which happened before? Let's forget about that!"
Then why do you think you can argue like this in literature?
Well, I didn't. What I actually meant was: Why did I NEVER hear anything about anything that happened in the world after 1945 in my history classes?
I don't put older against more recent books (or facts, for that matter) - we should read (and learn) them all.
Beitrag von: Beate am 05 November 2006, 14:45:47
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(markus @ 02 Nov. 2006,23:13)
(markus @ 02 Nov. 2006,23:13)
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(timo1979 @ 02 11 2006,20:45)
(timo1979 @ 02 11 2006,20:45)
let's rename all our Limestreet heroes into English!
Ines Ring, born Chandler
Ines Ring, nee or formerlyChandler, please!
Beitrag von: markus am 05 November 2006, 17:11:35
Beitrag von: Pythagoras am 07 November 2006, 20:11:07
Beitrag von: Tulpe am 10 November 2006, 19:19:11
I just love Guardian talk and this thread made me laugh out loud:
http://talk.guardian.co.uk/WebX?128@437.7dVKm9IzkYZ.2@.7759e6da
Edit: Gone ...
Beitrag von: hanswurtebrot am 06 Dezember 2006, 16:29:45
Beitrag von: salessia am 06 Dezember 2006, 16:58:26
Mir ist aufgefallen: "Benedikt suggest going to eat". Bei suggest fehlt ein "s" und "going to eat" kommt mir komisch vor. Aber dafür haben wir ja Experten.
"Mr. Schönbach keeps in mind that we have to do that in the evening." Wolltest du damit sagen, dass er das "im Kopf behalten will" oder dass er euch darauf hingewiesen hat?
Ansonsten finden sicher unsere Englisch-Profis noch mehr.
Beitrag von: markus am 06 Dezember 2006, 19:52:27
Beitrag von: hanswurtebrot am 06 Dezember 2006, 20:34:30
Das suggest-s ist mir mittlerweile selbst auch aufgefallen.
Nach suggest kommt immer ing-Form, von daher müsste "going to eat" richtig sein...
To keep something in mind heißt, dass er auf etwas hinweist bzw. nochmal ins Gedächtnis rufen will...
@ Markus:
Meine früheren Protokolle habe ich auch immer in Past Tense geschrieben, doch da hat er gemeckert und Present Tense gefordert... klingt zwar komisch, aber naja...
Beitrag von: Mondkalb am 06 Dezember 2006, 20:39:18
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(hanswurtebrot @ 06 Dec. 2006,16:29)
(hanswurtebrot @ 06 Dec. 2006,16:29)
Hallo liebe Heinzis, die ihr der englischen Sprache einigermaßen mächtig seid,
hätte jemand von euch Lust und Zeit, sich mal nachfolgendes Protokoll einer Englischstunde von mir durchzulesen und mich auf Rechtschreib- und/oder Grammatikfehler hinzuweisen?
Vielleicht macht sowas hier ja jemandem Spaß, wäre echt super nett! Ansonsten ist auch nicht schlimm.
Grüße,
Hanswurtebrot
-----------------------------------
Ok, ich versuchs mal. 100%ige Garantie kann ich nicht geben, wenn ich nicht sicher bin, schreibe ich das dazu.
Topics of the lesson:
(...)
3. Comparing of the homework from November 29th, 2006
Ich würde schreiben Comparison of the...
Reference to 1.
(...)Mr Schönbach hands out our new book “Short Stories from Australia and New Zealand” and collects 8.95 € from the class. Many pupils want to pay in the next lesson because they did not have enough money with them.
because they do not have...
Du hast den Rest auch in der Gegenwart geschrieben. Oder Du machst es wie Markus vorschlägt, alles im past tense. Ich weiß nicht, ob es da für Protokolle allgemeine Vorschriften gibt.
Und das mit den 8,95 Euro von der Klasse klingt inhaltlich komisch, denn es sollte ja jeder einzelne soviel bezahlen. (oder?). Da würde ich schreiben 8.95 € from everybody in the class
Benedikt suggest going to eat with the class after our second English test on December 12th, 2006.
suggests
(...)
Mr Schönbach keeps in mind that we have to do that in the evening because the headmaster Mrs Eiser-Müller would not grand her permission for a visit during school-time.
Die Formulierung finde ich auch seltsam, weiß aber spontan keine andere.
Und grant mit "t".
(...)
Finally Dania suggests making “Wichteln” in the class, but the majority of the students are not really interested.
Meines Wissens steht hinter "suggest" immer "to". suggests to make "wichteln"...? Das klingt zwar auch komisch, könnte aber am deutschen Wort "wichteln" liegen.
Edit: Ok, vergiß die Anmerkung mit dem "suggest to". Es kam mir wohl wirklich nur wegen dem "wichteln" so komisch vor.
Reference to 3.
(...)
Lyn recites her answer to b) and means the phrase “children of the sun” (line 3) expresses their big happiness before the tourists came.
"to mean" heißt doch "bedeuten", oder? Vielleicht supposes oder assumes?
(...)
Soja adds their speaking in a sarcastic way and for Katharina it is a big contrast to their detailed description of the Australian culture and landscape. Christian interprets the boys’ words as a kind of subjective irony they use to make the primitiveness of the foreigners clear.
Oh, jetzt dachte ich erst "make clear" wäre ein Germanizismus wie umgekehrt "Sinn machen", aber das gibts wirklich. Allerdings
sollte der Satzbau im englischen sein: make clear the primitiveness...
Reference to 4.
(...)
Fabian means they have a problem with being pumped for details.
s.o.
Mehr ist mir nicht aufgefallen. Ich hoffe, ich habe keine zusätzlichen Fehler reingebracht.
Beitrag von: hanswurtebrot am 06 Dezember 2006, 20:56:17
Der Fehler mit "to mean" ist ja wirklich peinlich...
Natürlich heißt "mean" bedeuten...
Beitrag von: Mondkalb am 07 Dezember 2006, 18:39:59
Beitrag von: Tulpe am 07 Dezember 2006, 20:34:08
Ich würde statt "going to eat" "going out for a meal together" oder "going out for dinner" schreiben.
Bei "Mr Schönbach makes a comment on the quiz “Australia: What do we know about it?” we got on November 23rd, 2006." verstehe ich das "got" nicht.
Noch was: Bei "At the sacred rock “Uluru” there live creatures like serpent people, mice women or kangaroo-rat men" ist das "there" imho überflüssig.
Außerdem klingt das so, als würden solche Wesen dort tatsächlich leben. Ich würde das irgendwie mit "are believed to live" konstruieren.
Statt "the tragedy of the destroying" würde ich "the tragedy of the destruction" schreiben.
Man könnte noch mehr ändern, aber das führte hier zu weit (ist ja schließlich dein Text
).Edit: Ich glaubs nicht - wegen dem Text habe ich jetzt "Eastenders" auf BBC1 verpasst.
Beitrag von: hanswurtebrot am 07 Dezember 2006, 21:38:15
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(Tulpe @ 07 12 2006,20:34)
(Tulpe @ 07 12 2006,20:34)
Ich glaubs nicht - wegen dem Text habe ich jetzt "Eastenders" auf BBC1 verpasst.
Mea culpa, mea maxima culpa!
Beitrag von: Tulpe am 07 Dezember 2006, 21:52:21
Außerdem werden alle 4 Folgen der Woche am Sonntagnachmittag in einer Omnibus-Ausgabe (ja, so heißt das wirklich) wiederholt.
Ich muss also nicht dumm sterben ...
Beitrag von: Krümelmonster am 09 Dezember 2006, 15:22:35
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(Tulpe @ 10 11 2006,19:19)
(Tulpe @ 10 11 2006,19:19)
Any Guardian readers here?
This was my favourite newspaper during my exchange semester. I've tried to read the online-issue after my return, but there are too many interesting articles and I have not enough time.
Beitrag von: Tulpe am 11 Dezember 2006, 16:46:27
Often quite hilarious ...
Beitrag von: Girlfriend am 16 März 2007, 19:49:11
When you believe there's nothing you can't overcome
When you believe the end is brighter than the sun
Beitrag von: D21 am 21 März 2007, 10:56:56
Beitrag von: Girlfriend am 22 März 2007, 21:53:43
Beitrag von: salessia am 12 Mai 2007, 14:04:28
Beitrag von: Simone am 12 Mai 2007, 14:10:58
Beitrag von: salessia am 12 Mai 2007, 14:12:19
Beitrag von: timo1979 am 12 Mai 2007, 14:57:58
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(salessia @ 12 05 2007,14:04)
(salessia @ 12 05 2007,14:04)
Wie spricht man "poll" aus? So wie "Paul" oder wird das "O" so wie in "no" gesprochen?
Am ehesten wie in "November".
Beitrag von: das Glückskind am 31 August 2007, 12:23:46
Dearest creature in creation,
Study English pronunciation.
I will teach you in my verse
Sounds like corpse, corps, horse, and worse.
I will keep you, Suzy, busy,
Make your head with heat grow dizzy.
Tear in eye, your dress will tear.
So shall I! Oh hear my prayer.
Just compare heart, beard, and heard,
Dies and diet, lord and word,
Sword and sward, retain and Britain.
(Mind the latter, how it's written.)
Now I surely will not plague you
With such words as plaque and ague.
But be careful how you speak:
Say break and steak, but bleak and streak;
Cloven, oven, how and low,
Script, receipt, show, poem, and toe.
Hear me say, devoid of trickery,
Daughter, laughter, and Terpsichore,
Typhoid, measles, topsails, aisles,
Exiles, similes, and reviles;
Scholar, vicar, and cigar,
Solar, mica, war and far;
One, anemone, Balmoral,
Kitchen, lichen, laundry, laurel;
Gertrude, German, wind and mind,
Scene, Melpomene, mankind.
Billet does not rhyme with ballet,
Bouquet, wallet, mallet, chalet.
Blood and flood are not like food,
Nor is mould like should and would.
Viscous, viscount, load and broad,
Toward, to forward, to reward.
And your pronunciation's OK
When you correctly say croquet,
Rounded, wounded, grieve and sieve,
Friend and fiend, alive and live.
Ivy, privy, famous; clamour
And enamour rhyme with hammer.
River, rival, tomb, bomb, comb,
Doll and roll and some and home.
Stranger does not rhyme with anger,
Neither does devour with clangour.
Souls but foul, haunt but aunt,
Font, front, wont, want, grand, and grant,
Shoes, goes, does. Now first say finger,
And then singer, ginger, linger,
Real, zeal, mauve, gauze, gouge and gauge,
Marriage, foliage, mirage, and age.
Query does not rhyme with very,
Nor does fury sound like bury.
Dost, lost, post and doth, cloth, loth.
Job, nob, bosom, transom, oath.
Though the differences seem little,
We say actual but victual.
Refer does not rhyme with deafer.
Foeffer does, and zephyr, heifer.
Mint, pint, senate and sedate;
Dull, bull, and George ate late.
Scenic, Arabic, Pacific,
Science, conscience, scientific.
Liberty, library, heave and heaven,
Rachel, ache, moustache, eleven.
We say hallowed, but allowed,
People, leopard, towed, but vowed.
Mark the differences, moreover,
Between mover, cover, clover;
Leeches, breeches, wise, precise,
Chalice, but police and lice;
Camel, constable, unstable,
Principle, disciple, label.
Petal, panel, and canal,
Wait, surprise, plait, promise, pal.
Worm and storm, chaise, chaos, chair,
Senator, spectator, mayor.
Tour, but our and succour, four.
Gas, alas, and Arkansas.
Sea, idea, Korea, area,
Psalm, Maria, but malaria.
Youth, south, southern, cleanse and clean.
Doctrine, turpentine, marine.
Compare alien with Italian,
Dandelion and battalion.
Sally with ally, yea, ye,
Eye, I, ay, aye, whey, and key.
Say aver, but ever, fever,
Neither, leisure, skein, deceiver.
Heron, granary, canary.
Crevice and device and aerie.
Face, but preface, not efface.
Phlegm, phlegmatic, ass, glass, bass.
Large, but target, gin, give, verging,
Ought, out, joust and scour, scourging.
Ear, but earn and wear and tear
Do not rhyme with here but ere.
Seven is right, but so is even,
Hyphen, roughen, nephew Stephen,
Monkey, donkey, Turk and jerk,
Ask, grasp, wasp, and cork and work.
Pronunciation -- think of Psyche!
Is a paling stout and spikey?
Won't it make you lose your wits,
Writing groats and saying grits?
It's a dark abyss or tunnel:
Strewn with stones, stowed, solace, gunwale,
Islington and Isle of Wight,
Housewife, verdict and indict.
Finally, which rhymes with enough --
Though, through, plough, or dough, or cough?
Hiccough has the sound of cup.
My advice is to give up!!!
-- B. Shaw
Beitrag von: suppengirl am 31 August 2007, 12:32:02
Beitrag von: SirGuinness am 31 August 2007, 13:21:21
... you little joke-biscuit, you ...!
Beitrag von: timo1979 am 31 August 2007, 16:22:20
Quote:
(SirGuinness @ 31 08 2007,13:21)
(SirGuinness @ 31 08 2007,13:21)
... you little joke-biscuit, you ...!
Beitrag von: Tiamat am 31 August 2007, 16:25:59
Beitrag von: das Glückskind am 31 August 2007, 17:38:40
Quote:
(suppengirl @ 31 08 2007,12:32)
(suppengirl @ 31 08 2007,12:32)
Oh, there actually IS an English-Fred!
Of course there is.
Did you think we just had the "Bavarian <-> German" one?
Beitrag von: SirGuinness am 31 August 2007, 17:49:53
Beitrag von: catweazle am 22 Oktober 2007, 18:43:29
Beitrag von: D21 am 15 Januar 2008, 13:08:03
Beitrag von: Eisblume am 15 Januar 2008, 13:27:43
Beitrag von: D21 am 15 Januar 2008, 14:23:31
Beitrag von: Frannie am 18 Januar 2008, 13:35:39
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(bockmouth @ 25 10 2006,19:28)
(bockmouth @ 25 10 2006,19:28)
This fred is fantastic.
I have been in these European countries: The Netherlands, France, Luxembourg, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, close to the Czechoslowakian Border, Spain, Belgium, Andorra, Monaco, Switzerland, Great Britain, Ireland, Italy and Austria.
If you signify the former GDR as a separate state I can add one more country.
Hey, I´ve just found that thread. Nice.
My mother was English, born in London, but of German origin. Her parents were Germans, but lived in London for more than 30 years. My grandfather had a bakery in Brixton (´part of London) and made the weddingcake for the Duke and Duchess of York (later King George and Queen Mom).
In WW II my grandpa was being held in a POW camp on the Isle of Man and my grandmother had to return to Germany with her three daughters.
Unfortunately I wasn´t raised bilingual, so I had to learn it at school as any other German pupil. And I was not good at it in school. (My father was chief translator at Ford Motor Company). My parents were thinking of giving me free for adoption.
Only after school I began to develop an interest in learning English (more or less) thoroughly.
I ´ve been reading English books - mostly crime fiction, serial murder stuff - for ages, so I´m able to read English more or less fluently. My written English is pretty good, I think, but listening and speaking is quite poor.
Just not enough practice here in Germany.At the moment my English is getting more and more rusty. Oh well...
I´m just reading "The Analyst" by Katzenbach. An extreme thrilling crime novel about an analyst and his patient (who wants to kill him). It´s not an easy read like Harry Potter, much more demanding - but very exciting. A real page turner and a good lead role for Michael Douglas.
Beitrag von: Tulpe am 18 Januar 2008, 18:21:10
One minor flaw: it's to give so. up for adoption, not free.
Beitrag von: markus am 18 Januar 2008, 18:53:52
We would like to take leave of our passengers in Freiburg
Ist das korrektes Englisch?
(auf Deutsch hieß es kurz vorher "Wir verabschieden uns von unseren Fahrgästen, die in Freiburg aussteigen")
Beitrag von: Tulpe am 18 Januar 2008, 19:04:33
Ich kenne nur "to take leave of one's senses" = den Verstand verlieren, durchdrehen, von allen guten Geistern verlassen werden, also quasi wörtlich "sich von seinem Verstand verabschieden".
Beitrag von: bockmouth am 19 Januar 2008, 20:06:26
Beitrag von: Tulpe am 19 Januar 2008, 21:49:37
Beitrag von: suppengirl am 20 Januar 2008, 01:23:11
Beitrag von: bockmouth am 20 Januar 2008, 13:08:58
Quote:
(suppengirl @ 20 01 2008,01:23)
(suppengirl @ 20 01 2008,01:23)
Sie könnten ja auch sagen: Piss off, now!
Etwas offtopic:
Da gab es neulich in Münster einen Beleidigungsprozess.
Ein Afrikaner und ein Polizeibeamter gerieten bei einer Passkontrolle in Streit:
Der Afrikaner sage angeblich: PEACE
und der Polizist verstand angeblich: PISS
Weiss allerdings nicht, wie die Sache vor dem Kadi ausgegangen ist...
Beitrag von: timo1979 am 20 Januar 2008, 17:15:28
Quote:
(bockmouth @ 20 01 2008,13:08)
(bockmouth @ 20 01 2008,13:08)
Der Afrikaner sage angeblich: PEACE
und der Polizist verstand angeblich: PISS
Dann ist der Beamte ziemlich dumm. Was für eine Beleidigung ist denn "Piss"?
Beitrag von: bockmouth am 20 Januar 2008, 17:27:44
Beitrag von: timo1979 am 21 Januar 2008, 10:47:38
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(bockmouth @ 20 01 2008,17:27)
(bockmouth @ 20 01 2008,17:27)
Nun, für deutsche Beamtenohren ist das nicht gerade sehr fein.
Na, aber er hätte sich doch denken können, dass "geh urinieren!" keine Beleidigung sein kann.
Beitrag von: suppengirl am 21 Januar 2008, 21:00:54
Beitrag von: markus am 23 Januar 2008, 21:20:34
Was bedeutet die Abkürzung "VP"?
Ich lese gerade "A year in the merde" (übrigens ein sehr unterhaltsames Buch über einen Engländer, der ein Jahr in Paris verbringt) und da hat sein Arbeitgeber ein neues Produkt für den englischen Markt so labeln wollen. Als der Engländer dann seinem franz. Chef erklärt hat, was es bedeutet, hat der laut gelacht und war froh, dass sie die Idee wieder verworfen haben. Nur erklärt wurde es nicht, was es bedeutet.
Aber wofür gibt es Heinzis
Beitrag von: SolarShine am 24 Januar 2008, 00:53:34
Quote:
(Girlfriend @ 16 03 2007,19:49)
(Girlfriend @ 16 03 2007,19:49)
Kann mir jemand sagen, was die folgenden Textstellen auf deutsch heißen? Bis auf die jeweils 2 - 3 letzten Worte verstehe ich es.
When you believe there's nothing you can't overcome
When you believe the end is brighter than the sun
Wenn du glaubst es gibt nichts dass du nicht ueberstehen kannst.
Wenn du glaubst dass das Ende heller ist als die Sonne.
Beitrag von: Tulpe am 24 Januar 2008, 12:03:49
Quote:
(markus @ 23 01 2008,21:20)
(markus @ 23 01 2008,21:20)
Noch ne Frage an die Englisch-Experten:
Was bedeutet die Abkürzung "VP"?
...
Das kommt auf den Zusammenhang an, das kann alles Mögliche bedeuten:
http://acronyms.thefreedictionary.com/VP
Beitrag von: Frannie am 25 Januar 2008, 13:58:43
Quote:
(Tulpe @ 17 01 2008,19:21)
(Tulpe @ 17 01 2008,19:21)
True, your English is pretty good ...
One minor flaw: it's to give so. up for adoption, not free.
Well, yes I am pretty good at grammar, but those little words... prepositions... in, on, at, up, for, to...
horrible.
I think you have to live in that country to really become an expert.
Beitrag von: Kinski am 28 Mai 2008, 10:55:04
Und "Jack"?
Beitrag von: das Glückskind am 28 Mai 2008, 13:22:18
Beitrag von: Tiamat am 28 Mai 2008, 15:12:45
Jack ist die Kurzform von John.
Und John heißt Johannes.
Die englische Kurzform von Jakob ist übrigens Jake.
Beitrag von: Kinski am 28 Mai 2008, 17:53:04
Beitrag von: markus am 28 Mai 2008, 18:25:41
Quote:
(Tiamat @ 28 05 2008,15:12)
(Tiamat @ 28 05 2008,15:12)
Jack ist die Kurzform von John.
Das ist ein klasse Satz
Beitrag von: Tiamat am 28 Mai 2008, 18:53:54
Quote:
(Kinski @ 28 05 2008,17:53)
(Kinski @ 28 05 2008,17:53)
Aha, und was ist dann James?
Ah entschuldige, hab mich etwas falsch ausgedrückt... ich dachte mehr an den englischen Jakob bzw. Jacob.
Aber James ist natürrrrlich die englische Form von Jakob.
Beitrag von: D21 am 20 Juni 2008, 09:19:33
Beitrag von: Tiamat am 20 Juni 2008, 09:28:31
Beitrag von: D21 am 20 Juni 2008, 09:53:05
Beitrag von: markus am 20 Juni 2008, 09:56:51
snake ist die Schlange, snail die Schnecke.
Beitrag von: D21 am 20 Juni 2008, 10:10:33
Beitrag von: Malke am 20 Juni 2008, 10:12:48
Beitrag von: markus am 20 Juni 2008, 10:28:52
Beitrag von: Malke am 20 Juni 2008, 10:34:22
Das widerspräche dem Code of Conduct, den wir als brave Mitarbeiter natürrrlich jährlich neu unterschreiben.
Beitrag von: Krtek am 20 Juni 2008, 16:54:17
Beitrag von: Paloma am 22 Juni 2008, 21:19:15
Dass Deutsche sich manchmal englische Wörter ausdenken, die für Muttersprachler nicht nachvollziehbar sind, kennen wir ja vom Handy. Aber ich frage mich, ob der Schreiber des Artikels nicht ein wenig überinterpretiert, wenn er behauptet, ein Muttersprachler würde zwangsläufig an Leichenschau denken, wenn er public viewing hört. Ich meine, viewing bedeutet Besichtigung, das mag krumm übersetzt sein, aber hat doch nicht zwangsläufig was mit Leichen zu tun, oder?
Beitrag von: markus am 23 Juni 2008, 00:03:43
Beitrag von: hanswurtebrot am 23 Juni 2008, 22:04:48
Beitrag von: Paloma am 26 Juni 2008, 21:47:13
Beitrag von: ayin am 09 Juli 2008, 13:42:38
to watch meint im englischen eher etwas zu beobachten.
Beitrag von: markus am 09 Juli 2008, 19:04:32
Beitrag von: Oldfield am 21 Juli 2008, 12:23:41
Quote:
(Paloma @ 22 06 2008,21:19)
(Paloma @ 22 06 2008,21:19)
Wie empfindet Ihr das neudeutsche "public viewing"? Das Schwäbische Tagblatt brachte gestern einen kleinen Artikel dazu und warnte davor, diesen Ausdruck englischen Muttersprachlern gegenüber zu verwenden, denn das heiße soviel wie Leichenschau und es würde einen seltsamen Eindruck hinterlassen, wenn man allzu sehr von der tollen Stimmung bei der Leichenschau schwärmt...
Dass Deutsche sich manchmal englische Wörter ausdenken, die für Muttersprachler nicht nachvollziehbar sind, kennen wir ja vom Handy. Aber ich frage mich, ob der Schreiber des Artikels nicht ein wenig überinterpretiert, wenn er behauptet, ein Muttersprachler würde zwangsläufig an Leichenschau denken, wenn er public viewing hört. Ich meine, viewing bedeutet Besichtigung, das mag krumm übersetzt sein, aber hat doch nicht zwangsläufig was mit Leichen zu tun, oder?
So ist es.
Woher das Gerücht mit der Leichenschau kam, das sich während der EM virusartig durch's Land gefressen hat, würd ich auch gern mal wissen.
Hier wird es widerlegt - und gezeigt, dass "Public Viewing" im Englischen auch mit der uns vertrauten Bedeutung verwendet wird.
Beitrag von: shelby am 15 August 2008, 21:40:35
Beitrag von: D21 am 18 Oktober 2008, 07:31:55
Beitrag von: SirGuinness am 18 Oktober 2008, 11:41:16
Beitrag von: D21 am 19 Oktober 2008, 06:07:25
Quote:
(Tiamat @ 28 05 2008,15:12)
(Tiamat @ 28 05 2008,15:12)
Correct!
Jack ist die Kurzform von John.
Und John heißt Johannes.
Die englische Kurzform von Jakob ist übrigens Jake.
Ist John nicht eigentlich die Kurzform von Jonathan?
Beitrag von: D21 am 19 Oktober 2008, 06:08:29
Quote:
(SirGuinness @ 18 10 2008,11:41)
(SirGuinness @ 18 10 2008,11:41)
Maybe if you create another thread: "German for runnaways ...?"
Have you kalle Fiss?
Beitrag von: D21 am 19 Oktober 2008, 06:09:46
Quote:
(SirGuinness @ 18 10 2008,11:41)
(SirGuinness @ 18 10 2008,11:41)
Maybe if you create another thread: "German for runnaways ...?"
"Do you speak English?"
Yes, a baar Brocke!
Beitrag von: Kat am 23 Oktober 2008, 15:13:11
Quote:
(D21 @ 18 10 2008,00:31)
(D21 @ 18 10 2008,00:31)
Why does nobody write in the board lexicon?
What do you want me to write?
give me a topic .....
Beitrag von: D21 am 24 Oktober 2008, 09:50:50
Beitrag von: Kat am 24 Oktober 2008, 14:59:35
Quote:
(D21 @ 24 10 2008,02:50)
(D21 @ 24 10 2008,02:50)
Do you have the text of "Sweet Molly Mallone"?
Do you mean this one?
In Dublins fair city, where the girls are so pretty,
I once met a girl called sweet Molly Malone,
As she wheeled her wheelbarrow, through the streets broad and narrow,
Crying cockles and mussels` Alive alive o
Alive alive oh,
Alive alive oh
Crying cockles and mussels,
Alive alive oh.
She wheeled her wheelbarrow through the streets broad and narrow,
Just like her mother and father before
And they wheeled their wheel barrow,
through the streets broad and narrow,
crying cockles and mussels alive alive oh
My love had a fever and no one could save her,
And that was the end of sweet Molly Malone,
But her ghost wheels her barrow
through the streets broad and narrow
crying cockles and mussels alive-alive oh.
Beitrag von: Loxagon am 27 Oktober 2008, 20:25:36
Horrible? My Grammar ... But Vokabeln (kA was Vokabeln auf Englisch heiß) are not a Problem. Most time!
At the moment I play a English-Speak RPG on my NintendoDS - Luminous Arc. This is NEVER (!) relased in Germany (And GErman not, too!)
Story: 1000 Years Ago, God Luminous was sealed by the Witches. Today ... The Church Prays "We are holy - All witched must killed. Condemn the Dark - Protect the Light..."
But is this true? Play itself!
Beitrag von: Tiamat am 28 Oktober 2008, 00:56:39
Playing RPGs in English is a good way to learn the language. I own a lot of them. Star Ocean, Shin Megami Tensei, etc.
I know LumiArc, too, but I don't play it 'cause it's a tactical RPG.
I'm playing Final Fantasy IV on my new DSlite - love it!
Beitrag von: salessia am 28 Oktober 2008, 01:00:35
Quote:
(Tiamat @ 28 10 2008,00:56)
(Tiamat @ 28 10 2008,00:56)
Vocables!
I always said "vocabulary".
Beitrag von: Tiamat am 28 Oktober 2008, 01:27:02
I just didn't want to sound like a nerd so I took "vocables" 'cause he used "are" in his sentence.
Beitrag von: salessia am 28 Oktober 2008, 01:30:45
Beitrag von: Malke am 28 Oktober 2008, 09:14:07
Beitrag von: das Glückskind am 28 Oktober 2008, 10:25:29
It also stands for Pharrell Williams' magnificent band: N.E.R.D.
Beitrag von: Malke am 28 Oktober 2008, 10:50:32
It was so strange and so funny what all those nerds did at home and even in public. And they were not at least ashame of their behavior. They sat comfortably in their studio chairs and let their grown up sons and daughter tell their stories while the audience screamed with laughter.
Beitrag von: Kat am 28 Oktober 2008, 14:19:15
Quote:
(Tiamat @ 27 10 2008,17:56)
(Tiamat @ 27 10 2008,17:56)
I'm playing Final Fantasy IV on my new DSlite - love it!
yupp, playing that too a bit, but mostly WoW right now.
That reminds me, the new expansion pack should be out soooooooon ... woohoo!!!!!!!
Beitrag von: doozer am 29 Oktober 2008, 18:33:59
Beitrag von: Kat am 29 Oktober 2008, 18:55:45
Quote:
(doozer @ 29 10 2008,11:33)
(doozer @ 29 10 2008,11:33)
How should Germans pronounce "Edinburgh"? Like the English do: "Ädnbraa" or eher "so wie man's schreibt"?
i just ask my coworkers. they said "idenburk" (spoken german), but they are all yankies ....
Beitrag von: markus am 29 Oktober 2008, 20:12:18
Beitrag von: doozer am 29 Oktober 2008, 20:27:40
(Hoidernoi there are many new smilies *just now discover*)Beitrag von: markus am 29 Oktober 2008, 20:31:28
Beitrag von: Tiamat am 29 Oktober 2008, 22:03:08
Is it the same like airmail that we know?
Beitrag von: Kat am 30 Oktober 2008, 13:35:03
Quote:
(Tiamat @ 29 10 2008,15:03)
(Tiamat @ 29 10 2008,15:03)
I've just ordered something online. The website says it will deliver it via "Air Economy Bubble". I've chosen it 'cause it was the cheapest option.
Is it the same like airmail that we know?
I order a lot with "air economy bubble", it's the bubble wrap they are using instead of a box, so it takes the weight down a notch, but still being shipped via air carrier (at least here)
Beitrag von: Tiamat am 30 Oktober 2008, 18:27:36
Beitrag von: Kat am 30 Oktober 2008, 18:31:18
Beitrag von: bockmouth am 31 Oktober 2008, 18:39:52
Quote:
(Kat @ 24 10 2008,14:59)
(Kat @ 24 10 2008,14:59)
Quote:
(D21 @ 24 10 2008,02:50)
(D21 @ 24 10 2008,02:50)
Do you have the text of "Sweet Molly Mallone"?
Do you mean this one?
In Dublins fair city, where the girls are so pretty,
I once met a girl called sweet Molly Malone,
As she wheeled her wheelbarrow, through the streets broad and narrow,
Crying cockles and mussels` Alive alive o
Alive alive oh,
Alive alive oh
Crying cockles and mussels,
Alive alive oh.
She wheeled her wheelbarrow through the streets broad and narrow,
Just like her mother and father before
And they wheeled their wheel barrow,
through the streets broad and narrow,
crying cockles and mussels alive alive oh
My love had a fever and no one could save her,
And that was the end of sweet Molly Malone,
But her ghost wheels her barrow
through the streets broad and narrow
crying cockles and mussels alive-alive oh.
This is one of my favourite songs.
Isn't that really beautiful?
Now I've an "earworm in my ears....
Beitrag von: bockmouth am 31 Oktober 2008, 18:44:51
Beitrag von: Kat am 07 November 2008, 18:09:53
Beitrag von: Tulpe am 14 November 2008, 16:28:54
Ich habe eben einen schönen Reklamespruch für Zelte gelesen:
"Argos Sale: Now is the winter of our discount tents"
Beitrag von: doli71 am 14 November 2008, 17:20:49
Ich liebe Zelte, wo? Ich glaub, ich könnt im Zelt wohnen, wenn's nur in der richtigen Gegend wär..
Beitrag von: Tulpe am 14 November 2008, 18:12:46
Beitrag von: Kat am 20 November 2008, 20:11:03
Quote:
(Tulpe @ 14 11 2008,09:28)
(Tulpe @ 14 11 2008,09:28)
"Argos Sale: Now is the winter of our discount tents"
Why the heck would they sell tents in the winter time. Are they kinda insulated or something? I don't get it …
Beitrag von: Tulpe am 23 November 2008, 20:28:47
Quote:
(Kat @ 20 11 2008,20:11)
(Kat @ 20 11 2008,20:11)
Quote:
(Tulpe @ 14 11 2008,09:28)
(Tulpe @ 14 11 2008,09:28)
"Argos Sale: Now is the winter of our discount tents"
Why the heck would they sell tents in the winter time. Are they kinda insulated or something? I don't get it …
Kat, I'm in shock ...
This slogan is paraphrasing Gloucester's famous speech in Shakespeare's Richard The Third:
"Now is the winter of our discontent
Made glorious summer by this sun of York;
And all the clouds that lour’d upon our house
In the deep bosom of the ocean buried."
Richard The Third Act 1, scene 1, 1–4
And of course tents are cheaper in winter - nobody wants them.
Beitrag von: Kat am 24 November 2008, 17:55:44
Quote:
(Tulpe @ 23 11 2008,13:28)
(Tulpe @ 23 11 2008,13:28)
Quote:
(Kat @ 20 11 2008,20:11)
(Kat @ 20 11 2008,20:11)
Quote:
(Tulpe @ 14 11 2008,09:28)
(Tulpe @ 14 11 2008,09:28)
"Argos Sale: Now is the winter of our discount tents"
Why the heck would they sell tents in the winter time. Are they kinda insulated or something? I don't get it …
Kat, I'm in shock ...
This slogan is paraphrasing Gloucester's famous speech in Shakespeare's Richard The Third:
"Now is the winter of our discontent
Made glorious summer by this sun of York;
And all the clouds that lour’d upon our house
In the deep bosom of the ocean buried."
Richard The Third Act 1, scene 1, 1–4
And of course tents are cheaper in winter - nobody wants them.
LOL ---- I have literally no clue about Shakespeare ….
Beitrag von: Tulpe am 25 November 2008, 19:54:49
(discontent - discount tents)
Beitrag von: Kat am 26 November 2008, 02:32:13
But the question still remains, who would know that, without being familiar with Shakespeare? Maybe if I had seen the commercial …..
But anyway, speaking of ads, the most beautiful ad in a magazine I have ever seen was a Mercedes Benz ad: was just the hood of the car and a nice female hand on it: “Mercedes WAS a woman” …
It’s an old one, but I still love it
Beitrag von: Tulpe am 26 November 2008, 09:55:48
It's a euphemism that is used for a period of destitution and dissatisfaction.
The summer that follows (by this sun = son of York) is the period when times are getting better.
It's often used by and for politicians. (E.g. someone used it for the next president: "Now is the winter of our discontent made glorious summer by this sun of Hawaii." )
Just have a look at Google:
http://www.google.com/search?....=Search
I really like this phrase ...
Beitrag von: Kat am 26 November 2008, 21:50:50
Beitrag von: Tulpe am 27 November 2008, 17:50:24
(And I would never call you stupid just because you are not familiar with a phrase - what would that make me?
)Beitrag von: Kat am 10 Dezember 2008, 18:45:33
for me, and we all could probably use more calm in our
lives.
Some doctor on television this morning said that the way to achieve inner peace is to finish all the things you have started.
So I looked around my house to see things I'd started and hadn't finished & before leaving the house this morning, I finished off a bottle of Merlot, a
bottle of Shardonay, a bodle of Baileys, a butle of wum, a pockage of Prunglies, tha mainder of bot Prozic and Valum scriptins, the res of the Chesescke an a box a chocolets.
Yu haf no idr how gud I fel rite now.
Peas tel dis to dem yu fee AR in ned ov inr pece..
Mar krishmas
Beitrag von: Tulpe am 12 Dezember 2008, 23:39:53
I'll post this at once in the English forum I occasionally visit.
Beitrag von: Tiamat am 13 Dezember 2008, 18:48:42
One day ima gonna Florida to bigga hotel.
Ina Morning I go down to eat breakfast. I tella waitress I wanna two pissis
toast. She brings me only one piss. I tella her I want two piss. She say go
to the toilet. I say you no understand. I wanna to piss onna my plate. She
say you better not piss onna plate, you sonna ma bitch. I don't even know
the lady and she call me sonna ma bitch.
Later I go to eat at the bigga restaurant. The waitress brings me a spoon
and knife but no fock. I tella her I wanna fock. She tell me everybody wanna
fock. I tell her you no understand. I wanna fock on the table. She say you
better not fock on the table, you sonna ma bitch. I don't even know this
lady either and she call me sonna ma bitch.
So I go back to my room inna hotel and there is no shits onna my bed. Call
the manager and tella him I wanna ****. He tell me to go to toilet. I say
you no understand. I wanna **** on my bed. He say you better not **** onna
bed, you sonna ma bitch. I don't even know the man and he call me sonna ma
bitch.
I go to the checkout and the man at the desk say: "Peace on you".
I say "Piss on you too, you sonna ma bitch, I gonna back to Italy."
Beitrag von: Kat am 19 Dezember 2008, 21:47:06
Your parents are there ,
Your in-laws are there ,
Your boss and his wife are there ,
The minister and his wife are there ,
You're all settling down for a nice relaxing evening dinner ,
Then in walks the dog ..
<click>
Beitrag von: Tulpe am 20 Dezember 2008, 22:40:46
Beitrag von: doli71 am 22 Dezember 2008, 12:16:27
Macht das meiste von jetzt?
Beitrag von: das Glückskind am 22 Dezember 2008, 13:05:16
Quote:
(Kat @ 10 12 2008,18:45)
(Kat @ 10 12 2008,18:45)
I am passing this on to you because it definitely worked
for me, and we all could probably use more calm in our
lives.
Some doctor on television this morning said that the way to achieve inner peace is to finish all the things you have started.
So I looked around my house to see things I'd started and hadn't finished & before leaving the house this morning, I finished off a bottle of Merlot, a
bottle of Shardonay, a bodle of Baileys, a butle of wum, a pockage of Prunglies, tha mainder of bot Prozic and Valum scriptins, the res of the Chesescke an a box a chocolets.
Yu haf no idr how gud I fel rite now.
Peas tel dis to dem yu fee AR in ned ov inr pece..
Mar krishmas
Great!
Beitrag von: doli71 am 22 Dezember 2008, 13:07:20
Quote:
(das Glückskind @ 22 12 2008,13:05)
(das Glückskind @ 22 12 2008,13:05)
Carpe Diem.
Nutze den Tag? Wäre ich nie drauf gekommen.
Beitrag von: das Glückskind am 22 Dezember 2008, 14:25:29
Beitrag von: Tulpe am 23 Dezember 2008, 16:17:47
Oder könnte gemeint sein, dass man die Chancen jetzt gleich (und nicht etwa später) nutzen sollte?
Ist fast das Gleiche, nur die Betonung ist etwas anders.
Carpe Diem ist aber eine sehr elegante Lösung.
Beitrag von: Jules am 30 Dezember 2008, 02:15:11
Years ago, I tried just to talk english with my friends. Didnt work. We were all former exchange students, but still, we just switched too often into german.
@Kat: Where do you live? In the states? Or somewhere else?
Beitrag von: Kat am 30 Dezember 2008, 21:37:06
Beitrag von: das Glückskind am 02 Januar 2009, 22:55:43
Quote:
(Tulpe @ 23 12 2008,16:17)
(Tulpe @ 23 12 2008,16:17)
Finde ich eine wirklich gute Übersetzung.
Oder könnte gemeint sein, dass man die Chancen jetzt gleich (und nicht etwa später) nutzen sollte?
Ist fast das Gleiche, nur die Betonung ist etwas anders.
Carpe Diem ist aber eine sehr elegante Lösung.
Dankeschön.
Beitrag von: Jules am 05 Januar 2009, 19:24:53
Quote:
(Kat @ 30 12 2008,21:37)
(Kat @ 30 12 2008,21:37)
@ jules: yes i do . but right now i am in germany... and believe me, i am freezing my ass off ! LOL (ne echt - kalt hier)
So, I assume that you live in a very warm state ;)
Beitrag von: Kat am 05 Januar 2009, 21:05:56
Quote:
(Jules @ 05 01 2009,12:24)
(Jules @ 05 01 2009,12:24)
So, I assume that you live in a very warm state ;)
I live in New Orleans, Louisiana.
Right now, it's about 74.5 F (24 C) - yeah, it's warm and toasty here.
BTW, it's the same with all languages: if you don't use it, you lose it.
I had about 13 years of Russian and French - now, I can barely order a beer in either of these languages ...
Beitrag von: markus am 05 Januar 2009, 21:09:18
Beitrag von: Kat am 06 Januar 2009, 02:37:26
Quote:
(markus @ 05 01 2009,14:09)
(markus @ 05 01 2009,14:09)
It's not a shame that you can't order a beer in French - that's something you'll never use in France. They certainly don't know how to brew beer.
*bruelllllllllllllllll* now that was funny!
Beitrag von: Jules am 06 Januar 2009, 18:57:04
Especially my Hostmum vomiting all over the ääähm Reling on the Mississippi äääähm... Dampfer...
oder so
Beitrag von: Kat am 06 Januar 2009, 19:05:55
Quote:
(Jules @ 06 01 2009,11:57)
(Jules @ 06 01 2009,11:57)
Oh, I came to New Orleans around Christmas '02. It was really beautiful, I enjoyed it very much.
Especially my Hostmum vomiting all over the ääähm Reling on the Mississippi äääähm... Dampfer...
oder so
You must be talking about the "Natchez" . So, I take it - ya'll hung out at Bourbon Street a bit too long and went on a tour and she got sick? LOL
Beitrag von: Jules am 06 Januar 2009, 20:49:40
But still, it was fun
And we went into a kind of a mall and there were more christmas decorations than you could imagine.
But the best thing was: Ok, Jules, come on, lets get our christmas tree and we'll decorate it.
I was like: yeah! shopping!
and what did she do?
she went into my bedroom, into my closet and got out a large package - containing:
The Christmas Tree!
Beitrag von: Tulpe am 10 Januar 2009, 22:32:06
Brutus ad sum iam forte / Caesar aderat / Brutus sic in omnibus / Caesar sic in at.
oder:
Brutus et erat forti / Caesar et sum iam / Brutus sic in omnibus / Caesar sic intram.
(Brutus had some jam for tea / Caesar had a rat / Brutus sick in omnibus / Caesar sick in hat.)
(Brutus ate a rat for tea / Caesar ate some jam / Brutus sick in omnibus / Caesar sick in tram.)
Beitrag von: Kat am 10 Januar 2009, 23:15:24
Beitrag von: Tulpe am 11 Januar 2009, 16:01:34
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dog_Latin
Beitrag von: Tulpe am 14 Januar 2009, 17:49:52
"I bottom line this for you" (just now in "The King of Queens")
"to brown bag"
"to bullshit"
Any more examples? Is this a speciality of American English?
Beitrag von: Kat am 15 Januar 2009, 21:39:41
Beitrag von: Eisblume am 16 Januar 2009, 12:01:40
* to cycle
* to shop (as in "I still have to shop for Christmas")
* to table (as in "to table a motion/proposal/idea") - interestingly, this has completely different meanings in British English and US English. In BrE, it means to put on the agenda, in US English, it means to postpone indefinitely
Beitrag von: Tulpe am 16 Januar 2009, 21:36:02
Quote:
(Eisblume @ 16 01 2009,12:01)
(Eisblume @ 16 01 2009,12:01)
... - interestingly, this has completely different meanings in British English and US English. In BrE, it means to put on the agenda, in US English, it means to postpone indefinitely
This is indeed an interesting field: the differences between Britisch and American English (and I'm not talking about the slightly different spelling of some words)
E.g. fag - two very (!) different meanings in BE and AE.
Beitrag von: Kat am 16 Januar 2009, 21:51:44
Quote:
(Tulpe @ 16 01 2009,14:36)
(Tulpe @ 16 01 2009,14:36)
E.g. fag - two very (!) different meanings in BE and AE.
since I am too lazy to google (
), what's the BE meaning?
Beitrag von: markus am 16 Januar 2009, 23:33:45
Beitrag von: Kat am 16 Januar 2009, 23:45:27
BTW, I have the hardest time understanding BE in general. I cannot watch a movie with Hugh Grant for instance. I guess it stems from me learning my English here in the south. Also, most people cannot pin point where I am from at all .. I get stuff like: “Are you from Australia or Finland?”
Beitrag von: Tulpe am 18 Januar 2009, 14:53:44
Quote:
(Kat @ 16 01 2009,23:45)
(Kat @ 16 01 2009,23:45)
Oh my lord …. How funny is that?!
BTW, I have the hardest time understanding BE in general. I cannot watch a movie with Hugh Grant for instance. I guess it stems from me learning my English here in the south. Also, most people cannot pin point where I am from at all .. I get stuff like: “Are you from Australia or Finland?”
http://www.effingpot.com/
'ere you go darlin' ...
Beitrag von: Kat am 19 Januar 2009, 23:20:43
Blow me - When an English colleague of mine exclaimed "Blow Me" in front of a large American audience, he brought the house down.
not **** sherlock ...
Beitrag von: Tulpe am 19 Januar 2009, 23:25:49
Beitrag von: Kat am 20 Januar 2009, 00:05:41
Quote:
(Tulpe @ 19 01 2009,16:25)
(Tulpe @ 19 01 2009,16:25)
Currently I'm working on a translation where one of the persons concerned is called Bender.
so which one is he - the first or the second kind of a bender ?
Or are you talking about Futurama ?
Beitrag von: Tulpe am 20 Januar 2009, 00:21:37
Familiar with this?
Rhyming Slang
Beitrag von: Kat am 20 Januar 2009, 00:38:31
the only 2 words I use frequently are : schedule and privacy (pronounced in BE) ... I think it just sounds so neat ;-) . Of course none of my peeps over here know what I am talking about ....
Beitrag von: das Glückskind am 29 Januar 2009, 11:53:56
Krampfe mir gerade an so einem Disclaimer-Dings einen ab, wo drinstehen soll, dass Gerichtstand Leipzig ist und dass "Irrtümer und aktuelle Programmänderungen" vorbehalten bleiben. (Da soll noch mehr drinstehen, aber den Rest habe ich mir, dank englischer COSMOPOLITAN, schon zusammengstoppelt.)
Würde/könnte man das so schreiben:
This agreement shall be governed by German law, the courts of Leipzig shall have exclusive jurisdiction.
Every effort is made to ensure the content is correct at the time of going to press. Subject to alteration. Errors excepted.
Anybody?
Beitrag von: Marcus am 29 Januar 2009, 17:58:09
Quote:
(Kat @ 05 01 2009,21:05)
(Kat @ 05 01 2009,21:05)
BTW, it's the same with all languages: if you don't use it, you lose it.
When I lived in North-Rhine-Westphalia, I didn't have many occasions to talk English with somebody. A few months ago, I realized that I understand Englisch much more better than I can speak it. (It's normal, I know.) So I decided to improve my English by daily pratice and I found someone I can speak in English with. But I also want to improve my written English. For this reason I think, I will be here more often in future. ;-)
(I'm grateful for every correction.)
Beitrag von: Kat am 29 Januar 2009, 18:36:21
Quote:
(das Glückskind @ 29 01 2009,04:53)
(das Glückskind @ 29 01 2009,04:53)
Every effort is made to ensure the content is correct at the time of going to press. Subject to alteration. Errors excepted.
The information is provided by [company] and whilst we endeavor to keep the information up-to-date and correct, we make no representations or warranties of any kind, express or implied, about the completeness, accuracy, reliability, suitability or availability with respect to the information, products, services etc for any purpose. Any reliance you place on such information is therefore strictly at your own risk.
Beitrag von: das Glückskind am 30 Januar 2009, 11:01:24
Dankeschön.
Beitrag von: Kat am 30 Januar 2009, 16:01:14
Beitrag von: Tiamat am 03 Februar 2009, 19:18:44
She's agreed: from now to 'til she's 18, the star of "The Secret Life of Bees" isn't going to be holding up any 7-11s, having an unwanted teen pregnancy, or getting any tattoos or piercings.
Was hat das Fettgedruckte zu bedeuten? 7-11s?
Beitrag von: markus am 03 Februar 2009, 20:57:40
Beitrag von: Tiamat am 03 Februar 2009, 22:04:32
Beitrag von: Kat am 04 Februar 2009, 03:10:49
Quote:
(markus @ 03 02 2009,13:57)
(markus @ 03 02 2009,13:57)
7/11 ist ne Supermarktkette
correction" 7/ eleven ... not 7/11
it started out as the business hours 7am - 11pm . (now it's 24 hours), and it's not a supermarket its a convenience store - huge difference (i go to one every morning)
Beitrag von: Girlfriend am 06 Februar 2009, 19:10:37
Beitrag von: Tulpe am 06 Februar 2009, 22:01:53
Also, dass ihr solange einen Ersatztisch stellt.
KAT!! Hilf mal!
Beitrag von: Kat am 07 Februar 2009, 02:30:59
so. just tell him: we will give you a "loaner " until your table will arrive.
und wenn er zicken machen sollte:" you want a fucking loaner dude, get it your fucking self ... and quit fucking bugging us!" (ok ... that was just a joke ... )
note: Tulpe... i know language ...
Beitrag von: Tulpe am 07 Februar 2009, 11:11:17
Beitrag von: Girlfriend am 07 Februar 2009, 11:12:13
Beitrag von: Tulpe am 07 Februar 2009, 15:38:30
War der schlampig gearbeitet oder ist das Design falsch?
Wird er repariert?
Beitrag von: Girlfriend am 08 Februar 2009, 14:33:31
Beitrag von: Kat am 10 Februar 2009, 00:09:27
Quote:
(Girlfriend @ 07 02 2009,04:12)
(Girlfriend @ 07 02 2009,04:12)
.... Wie kann ich denn sagen, dass der Hersteller den Tisch überarbeitet?
The manufacturer is currently working to correct a flaw in their design.
Weiter wuerde ich da gar nicht draufeingehen, denn es ist ja schliesslich nicht EUER product sondern das von einem hersteller…
Beitrag von: Girlfriend am 11 Februar 2009, 20:05:30
Beitrag von: D21 am 10 April 2009, 20:01:12
Beitrag von: Schildkröte am 10 April 2009, 20:51:24
Beitrag von: hanswurtebrot am 10 April 2009, 22:38:27
Evtl. steht also auch in D21s Fall das "e" für exemplum.
Beitrag von: Schildkröte am 11 April 2009, 08:55:35
Na, vielleicht ja doch?
Beitrag von: Tulpe am 12 April 2009, 22:41:04
"He's about as funny as getting an arrow through the neck and finding the gas bill attatched to it" - den muss ich mir merken!
Beitrag von: Schildkröte am 13 April 2009, 07:46:57
Beitrag von: Tulpe am 13 April 2009, 20:25:53
Beitrag von: Kat am 13 April 2009, 20:34:00
Zitat: (Schildkröte @ 11 Apr. 2009, 01:55 )
Kat, überall schreibst Du, vor allem, dass Dir langweilig sei, aber hier hilfst Du nicht...!
Na, vielleicht ja doch?
ooooops... sorry erst jetzt gesehen " selective viewing" ?!
Also: i.e. kommt aus dem latain und meint 'id est' also 'that is' or 'it is'.
Also ist es schon richtig , dass man i.e. als unter anderem uebersetzen werden kann.
Z.b.: I am surrounded by a bunch of idiots, i.e. John, Tom, Rudi etc, etc …
Beitrag von: Schildkröte am 13 April 2009, 20:50:58
Beitrag von: Kat am 13 April 2009, 20:57:48
Zitat: (Schildkröte @ 13 Apr. 2009, 13:50 )
Aber es war ja e.i. nicht i.e.
i say potato you say potAto
ich glaub es war ein tippfehler von d21
Beitrag von: Schildkröte am 13 April 2009, 21:01:15
Beitrag von: Tulpe am 26 April 2009, 16:16:42
"I once took a course in speaking bollocks but never finished it. You obviously graduated with honours."
Sehr sophisticated way, um auszudrücken, dass man grundsätzlich anderer Meinung ist, finde ich. Â
Beitrag von: D21 am 28 April 2009, 13:13:37
Quote: (Kat @ 13 Apr. 2009, 20:34 )
Quote: (Schildkröte @ 11 Apr. 2009, 01:55 )
Kat, überall schreibst Du, vor allem, dass Dir langweilig sei, aber hier hilfst Du nicht...!
Na, vielleicht ja doch?
ooooops... sorry erst jetzt gesehen " selective viewing" ?!
Also: i.e. kommt aus dem latain und meint 'id est' also 'that is' or 'it is'.
Also ist es schon richtig , dass man i.e. als unter anderem uebersetzen werden kann.
Z.b.: I am surrounded by a bunch of idiots, i.e. John, Tom, Rudi etc, etc …
Besten Dank!!
Beitrag von: Tulpe am 01 Mai 2009, 12:20:21
Omid Djalili: Accent Shifting Syndrome
Omid Djalili: Nigerianitis
Beitrag von: markus am 01 Mai 2009, 13:48:48
Zitat: (Tulpe @ 13 Apr. 2009, 20:25 )
Inzwischen habe ich erfahren, dass der Spruch aus "Blackadder Goes Forth" stammt. Â
ja, das passt
Beitrag von: Malke am 10 Juli 2009, 10:17:48
http://lemongloria.blogspot.com/2009/07/raised-in-barn-rant.html
Bin da zufällig drauf gestoßen und ich glaub, Frau und Blog sind durchaus interessant. Lisa scheint ziemlich rumgekommen zu sein auf der Welt.
Beitrag von: Tulpe am 25 Oktober 2009, 15:21:55
Beitrag von: zuiop am 15 November 2009, 16:56:00
A journalist told me off-the-record that when he interviewed R, the man had a b.o. issue. lol
Was ist ein b. o. issue?
Beitrag von: Tiamat am 15 November 2009, 20:43:04
b.o. = bad odour = unangenehmer Körpergeruch
Beitrag von: zuiop am 15 November 2009, 20:49:29
Das hatte ich nicht erwartet. Danke!
Beitrag von: Kat am 19 November 2009, 17:25:49
Zitat: (Tiamat @ 15 Nov. 2009, 13:43 )
b.o. = bad odour = unangenehmer Körpergeruch
schon richtig, aber b.o. stands for "body odor"
Beitrag von: Lunatic am 19 März 2010, 20:07:35
Ich hab schonmal überlegt über die Lage der Native Americans (Indianer) früher und heute zu schreiben. Evtl. auch was zum Obama-Hype oder Klimawandel in Bezug auf die Globalisation.
Was auch gehen würde, wäre eine Analyse zu einem Film oder Buch, ausgenommen da "American Beauty" und "Death of a Salesman".
Für Ideen und Vorschläge wäre ich also dankbar.
Beitrag von: Eisblume am 24 März 2010, 12:00:03
Zu Film oder Buch und The American Dream fällt mir The Great Gatsby ein (wurde auch verfilmt) - ist aber seeeeehr abgenudelt, ansonsten im Moment nicht viel. Vielleicht kommt aber noch was...
Beitrag von: Kat am 24 März 2010, 20:52:23
sehr komplexes thema, was ich nach 100 seiten auch mitbekommen hab
Beitrag von: Eisblume am 25 März 2010, 15:19:54
Buch: The Tortilla Curtain von T.C. Boyle (The Tortilla Curtain)
Buch: Moon Palace von Paul Auster (Moon Palace)
Film: Crash von Paul Haggis (Crash)
Googel mal, das wird offensichtlich gern genommen...
Beitrag von: D21 am 28 März 2010, 17:04:25
Beitrag von: salessia am 28 März 2010, 17:13:18
Beitrag von: D21 am 28 März 2010, 20:50:11
Beitrag von: Malke am 15 Juli 2010, 13:18:32
Dass man den Ausdruck im Englischsprachigen Raum kennt, wundert mich jetzt. Meine internationalen Kollegen fanden es vor Jahren sehr witzig, als ihnen "mein" deutscher Graphiker erklärt hat, wie man in Deutschland zu diesem Phänomen sagt. "Earworm" (Ohrwurm) und "Pigdog" (Schweinehund) fanden sie ganz klasse.
Beitrag von: markus am 24 August 2010, 14:22:35
Wenn man von "großzügigen Fensterflächen" spricht (also im Sinne von hell, gute Rundumsicht etc.), was verwendet man da am besten für "großzügig"?
Bei Leo hab ich ne große Liste, laut den Foreneinträgen sollte ich am ehesten "lavish" verwenden, ist das richtig? "Generous" bezieht sich ja eher auf großzügig im monetären Sinne.
Beitrag von: Schildkröte am 24 August 2010, 16:07:06
http://www.linguee.de/deutsch-englisch?sourceoverride=german&source=auto&query=gro%DFz%FCgige+fensterfl%E4chen
Diese Suchmaschine durchsucht ganze Sätze, die von anderen übersetzt wurden, so dass die Begriffe im Kontext stehen. Ist für einiges sehr praktisch. :smile:
Beitrag von: Malke am 25 August 2010, 09:00:55
Beitrag von: markus am 25 August 2010, 12:47:54
Beitrag von: Malke am 26 August 2010, 09:23:37
Zitat
Someone who has surpassed the levels of jerk and asshole, however not yet reached fucker or motherfucker.
Aha. Ich vermute, das ist sowas wie ein bescheuerter Lackaffe. Nur noch schlimmer.
Beitrag von: das Glückskind am 27 August 2010, 14:01:07
Beitrag von: Malke am 27 August 2010, 14:21:44
Beitrag von: das Glückskind am 27 August 2010, 14:56:01
Beitrag von: doli71 am 12 Oktober 2010, 11:37:39
"Cost for land ready to build" in ein Wort fassen, verdammich, mir fällt absolut nix ein. Kosten für Baustelle (das ist gemeint) fertig zum Bauen machen.... Klingt doch blöd.
Beitrag von: doli71 am 12 Oktober 2010, 11:42:55
Groundwork for foundations? Grundstein für Stiftungen? Hä? Soll was mit Bauarbeiten zu tun haben....
Baugrundarbeiten, gibt's das?
Beitrag von: Malke am 12 Oktober 2010, 11:44:23
Wie kann ich denn
"Cost for land ready to build" in ein Wort fassen, verdammich, mir fällt absolut nix ein. Kosten für Baustelle (das ist gemeint) fertig zum Bauen machen.... Klingt doch blöd.
Erschließungskosten?
Oder ist das wieder was anderes?
Beitrag von: Malke am 12 Oktober 2010, 11:46:14
Beitrag von: das Glückskind am 12 Oktober 2010, 11:46:56
Beim zweiten nehme ich an, dass das Fundament gemeint ist.
edit auch. :biggrin:
Beitrag von: Malke am 12 Oktober 2010, 11:52:24
Beitrag von: doli71 am 12 Oktober 2010, 11:56:45
2. Ist auch logisch. Geht leider weiter:
Non structural steelworks...
Nicht-Stahlarbeiten? Was ist das denn für ein Quatsch? Steht unter der Überschrift Interior work (Innenausbau?)
Beitrag von: doli71 am 12 Oktober 2010, 11:58:38
Beitrag von: das Glückskind am 12 Oktober 2010, 12:02:35
Beitrag von: doli71 am 12 Oktober 2010, 12:05:37
Ich hab keinen anderen zum fragen.... :bawling:
Beitrag von: Eisblume am 12 Oktober 2010, 12:08:12
Beitrag von: Eisblume am 12 Oktober 2010, 12:08:57
Beitrag von: Eisblume am 12 Oktober 2010, 12:10:33
Edit: und Interior work ist tatsächlich der Innenausbau
Beitrag von: doli71 am 12 Oktober 2010, 12:11:44
fittings for furniture, sind das nur Möbelbeschläge?
Übrigens, ich bin nicht zu faul zum selber suchen, ich hab vorher alle ca. 1000 Begriffe, die mir, weil Fachbegriffe, nicht geläufig sind, durch Übersetzer gejagt. Ich frage hier nur nach den komischen Ergebnissen, will heißen, was mir nicht richtig erscheint.
Beitrag von: Eisblume am 12 Oktober 2010, 12:16:10
EDP könnte Epoxy Deck Paint sein, bin mir aber nicht sicher! Außerdem weiß ich nicht genau, wie das auf Deutsch heißt. Epoxydharz-Decklackierung vielleicht.
Edit: fittings for furniture: Ich denke ja. Ohne Kontext ist es immer schwierig...
Beitrag von: Schildkröte am 12 Oktober 2010, 12:18:58
Beitrag von: doli71 am 12 Oktober 2010, 12:24:16
Die Möbelbeschläge kommen mir komisch vor. Aber jeder übersetzt es ja so.
Beitrag von: Schildkröte am 12 Oktober 2010, 12:27:13
Beitrag von: Eisblume am 12 Oktober 2010, 12:31:03
Bei Leo steht auch (meistens) das Fachgebiet dabei. Allerdings fehlen bei Leo noch einige Fachbereiche, man merkt doch stark, daß es vom Maschinenbau etc. kommt.
Beitrag von: doli71 am 12 Oktober 2010, 12:36:33
Dankeschön! :knicks:
Beitrag von: Schildkröte am 12 Oktober 2010, 12:40:53
Beitrag von: Eisblume am 12 Oktober 2010, 12:50:36
Beitrag von: doli71 am 12 Oktober 2010, 13:05:09
Beitrag von: D21 am 13 November 2010, 18:36:44
Beitrag von: Eisblume am 15 November 2010, 17:49:55
Im Sinne von "sich auf der Suche nach einer Braut befinden" - nein.
Beitrag von: Kat am 19 November 2010, 18:34:38
As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5- year phase-in plan that would become known as “Euro-English”.
In the first year, “s” will replace the soft “c”.. Sertainly, this will make the sivil servants jump with joy. The hard “c” will be dropped in favour of “k”. This should klear up konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the troublesome “ph” will be replaced with “f”.. This will make words like fotograf 20% shorter.
In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always ben a deterent to akurate speling.
Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent “e” in the languag is disgrasful and it should go away.
By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing “th” with “z” and “w” with “v”.
During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary “o” kan be dropd from vords kontaining “ou” and after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensi bl riten styl.
Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi TU understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze forst plas.
Beitrag von: salessia am 19 November 2010, 18:45:20
Meine Tochter verbreitet es schon weiter.
Beitrag von: zuiop am 24 November 2010, 16:37:48
"Did you send the CD already?" ist vermutlich falsch, oder?
Beitrag von: Eisblume am 24 November 2010, 16:43:16
Beitrag von: zuiop am 24 November 2010, 16:45:54
Beitrag von: Lunatic am 14 Februar 2011, 18:16:50
Beitrag von: timo1979 am 14 Februar 2011, 19:44:29
http://www.amazon.de/Advanced-Language-Practice-Students-Book/dp/3190228884/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1297709013&sr=8-1
Beitrag von: das Glückskind am 15 Februar 2011, 12:38:35
Englische Nachrichten schauen etc. ist schon mal ganz gut, um das verstehende Hören zu üben. Du solltest vielleicht auch noch das freie Reden üben, Lunatic. Such Dir ein Thema und mach ein kleines Referat, oder übe paarweise mit einem/einer Freund/in.
Beitrag von: Kat am 16 Februar 2011, 04:49:46
ich hab damals auch den test gemacht. jetzt, wo ich wieder zurueck zur Uni gehe, musste ich auch den "vortest" machen. ich sag mal so, einfach ist es nicht - ich hatte 100%, aber ich lebe auch hier. die vorbereitungsbuecher sind abzocke ... wie schon gesagt, versuch die "anwendung" , wenn du weisst was ich meine ... wenn du das geld hast, investiere in einen 4 monats course an einer der renomierten universitaeten hier und du hast keine probleme. lass mich wissen, wie ich dir helfen koennte ... Tulane University hat ihr eigenes ESL- institut ... just saying...
Beitrag von: Lunatic am 27 Februar 2011, 19:59:37
Ich habe mir zuerst dieses hier bestellt und gestern bekommen.
http://www.amazon.de/gp/product/0521739160/
Das Buch, welches Timo mir empfohlen hat, bekomme ich morgen.
Ich habe aber eben gesehen das der Test je nach Ort zwischen 160 und 210 € kostet :ohnmacht:
Beitrag von: Tulpe am 27 Februar 2011, 20:58:45
Eben bei Taggart: "If you lie to me I'll have you fartin' through your ears, my wee son.
Beitrag von: Eisblume am 28 Februar 2011, 15:48:01
Taggart hab ich früher immer auf dem Holländer geguckt. Das waren noch Zeiten...
Beitrag von: Tulpe am 04 April 2011, 12:47:11
"The majority of people are perfectly capable of interacting with retail staff without spitting on them or whipping their hides like dawdling cattle, but planet Earth still harbours more than its fair share of disappointments."
Aus:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/apr/04/charlie-brooker-shop-snobs
Beitrag von: Pinguin am 18 Mai 2011, 10:41:20
I have done this already.
oder
I have already done this.
Beitrag von: hanswurtebrot am 18 Mai 2011, 11:09:05
Aber ich bin eine Englisch-Niete, lieber Zweitmeinung einholen! :biggrin:
Beitrag von: Tiamat am 18 Mai 2011, 21:26:55
Beitrag von: Pinguin am 19 Mai 2011, 10:39:48
Beitrag von: doli71 am 19 Januar 2012, 21:27:25
Beitrag von: Schildkröte am 19 Januar 2012, 21:40:01
Bei Dir würde ich es mit "Hantz" übersetzen :tounge:
Im LEO-Forum steht "Lieblingshassobjekt", was ich einigermaßen gelungen finde. "Aids-Wunschlistenkandidat Nr. 1" trifft ja nur auf Personen zu und ist eher sperrig ;)
Beitrag von: doli71 am 19 Januar 2012, 21:43:50
Hantz ist gut. :biggrin: Ich suche dennoch noch nach etwas anderem, aber scheinbar gibt's nichts im Deutschen, was es anders umschreibt.
Die "Lehrerin" ist übrigens waschechte Engländerin, ich könnte ihr stundenlang zuhören. Meine letzten Trainer waren jeweils ein Ami und ein Australier, das gefällt mir überhaupt nicht.
Beitrag von: Lunatic am 19 Januar 2012, 22:46:54
http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/pet+hate
Im Deutschen überlege ich auch grad welchen begriff es da gibt. Vielleicht das rote Tuch was einen aggro macht, wobei das aber auch wieder etwas zu stark ist.
Edit: Oder einfach ich hasse es wie die Pest.
Beitrag von: doli71 am 19 Januar 2012, 22:49:23
Beitrag von: Tulpe am 02 Mai 2012, 10:27:40
Erklärung hier:
http://jaycueaitch.wordpress.com/2012/01/08/deflecting-criticism-3-whataboutery/
Beitrag von: Lunatic am 16 Mai 2012, 17:17:36
http://www.amazon.de/Oxford-American-Dictionary-Angus-Stevenson/dp/0195392884/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1337180225&sr=8-1
Kennt das zufällig jemand von euch und hat vielleicht noch Alternativen? Preislich ist es eigentlich egal. Wichtig ist mir nur das die Lautschrift drin ist und das es sich um AE handelt da ich da auch meinen Focus drauflegen werde. Mit BE kann ich da nichts anfangen. Vielen dank schon mal.
Beitrag von: Eisblume am 16 Mai 2012, 17:54:38
Ich bin ein großer Fan von Merriam-Webster und würde daher das empfehlen: http://www.amazon.de/11th-Collegiate-Dictionary-Merriam-Websters-Laminated/dp/0877798079/ref=pd_cp_eb_0
Leider kann auf die Schnelle nicht ergründen, ob es Lautschrift enthält. Bei dem, das mir vorliegt, ist das der Fall.
Beitrag von: Lunatic am 16 Mai 2012, 22:06:46
Beitrag von: Eisblume am 17 Mai 2012, 22:31:37
Beitrag von: doli71 am 24 September 2012, 14:26:21
Ich will sagen "Die zentrale Ansprechperson werde ich sein". "it will be myself?", "I will be?". Je mehr ich Translater benutze, umso unsicherer werde ich. Man sollte das nehmen, was man zuerst denkt, aber der Zug is nu raus bei mir. Hilfe!
Beitrag von: doli71 am 24 September 2012, 15:05:06
Beitrag von: das Glückskind am 24 September 2012, 15:10:51
Mich hatte bei Deiner Vorgabe irgendwie die Zukunftsform irritiert. Sonst hätte ich nämlich auch einfach geschrieben "I am your contact person (if you have any questions)" oder so.
Beitrag von: doli71 am 24 September 2012, 15:13:11
Beitrag von: das Glückskind am 24 September 2012, 16:26:07
Vielleicht "As for the contact person ..." usw.
Beitrag von: doli71 am 24 September 2012, 16:35:35
Beitrag von: Tulpe am 10 Januar 2014, 18:20:29
Käsereklame: "Sweet dreams are made of cheese, who am I to dis a brie?"
Beitrag von: Sam am 10 Januar 2014, 18:21:14
Beitrag von: Tulpe am 10 Januar 2014, 18:47:46
Beitrag von: Eisblume am 13 Januar 2014, 09:53:13
Habe ich eben auf Facebook gelesen:
Käsereklame: "Sweet dreams are made of cheese, who am I to dis a brie?"
:jestera:
Beitrag von: salessia am 13 Januar 2014, 10:24:52
Beitrag von: das Glückskind am 13 Januar 2014, 12:39:02
edit: Ups, hatte Tulpe ja auch schon geschrieben.
Beitrag von: bockmouth am 14 Januar 2014, 18:25:31
In die Käsesorten könnte ich mich reinsetzen...
Und einen Ohrwurm hab ich nun auch, Annie L. ist nur genial...
:thumb_up:
Beitrag von: D21 am 17 Februar 2014, 21:56:33
Beitrag von: markus am 17 Februar 2014, 22:06:49
Beitrag von: salessia am 17 Februar 2014, 22:15:51
Beitrag von: Chaosqueen am 17 Februar 2014, 23:11:16
Beitrag von: Shimuwini am 17 Februar 2014, 23:35:20
Beitrag von: D21 am 18 Februar 2014, 17:10:04
Beitrag von: salessia am 08 Mai 2014, 09:00:24
Beitrag von: Sam am 08 Mai 2014, 10:57:10
Beitrag von: salessia am 08 Mai 2014, 11:05:36
http://www.dict.cc/deutsch-englisch/Kontovollmacht.html (http://www.dict.cc/deutsch-englisch/Kontovollmacht.html)
Danke, ist schon erledigt. Ich hatte in 2 Threads gefragt.
Beitrag von: Chaosqueen am 06 Mai 2015, 10:54:49
http://www.listraforum.de/smf/index.php?topic=3656.msg1433679#msg1433679
Beitrag von: doozer am 12 November 2015, 19:09:13
tried to tell me something about a famous English tale: "Robin Hood lived in the 12th yearhundred."
:ohnmacht:
Beitrag von: bockmouth am 14 November 2015, 18:30:16
Wie wild!
Beitrag von: Tiamat am 02 September 2016, 01:37:19
J: have anything interesting to eat today?
T: uh, just noodles with tomato sauce
J: hm never had that
had pasta with tomato and herb sauce
don't think id like it with noodles
T: huh aren't pasta noodles?
J: kinda
but like I wouldn't want spaghetti with just tomato and her sauce
T: I see... (brits are sure weird... they difference between noodles and pasta... :D)
J: noodles are asian, pasta European/italian
T: wow I never thought of that
Noodle in German is Nudel and we refer it to anything pasta-related
if we refer to noodles from Asia, we simply call them Asian noodles / Asiatische Nudeln :D
J: oh weird I didnt imagine there would be a difference like that
would tomato sauce and Asian noodles be strange to you too then?
T: yea I guess :D
J: oh good thank you
Ich wusste gar nicht, dass im englischsprachigen Raum "noodles" mit asiatischen Nudeln gleichgesetzt werden. Sieht man auch sogar, wenn man "noodles" bei Google Bilder eingibt. :smile:
Beitrag von: hanswurtebrot am 20 September 2016, 15:28:07
Das eingeklammerte "the" muss doch dahin, oder geht das in der Formulierung tatsächlich auch ohne Artikel?
Die (professionellen) Übersetzer unseres Booklets haben es jedenfalls weggelassen, das verunsichert mich. Aber sie könnten ja auch schlicht ein Wort vergessen haben.
Beitrag von: hanswurtebrot am 23 September 2016, 09:59:38
Beitrag von: Tiamat am 23 September 2016, 14:21:14
Beitrag von: Eisblume am 23 September 2016, 14:31:37
Manchmal braucht man im Englischen keinen bestimmten Artikel, hier wüßte ich aber nicht, warum das so sein sollte.
Beitrag von: D21 am 21 Januar 2017, 22:20:34
Beitrag von: Valentine am 21 Januar 2017, 22:57:10
Beitrag von: D21 am 21 Januar 2017, 23:52:10
Beitrag von: Sam am 21 Januar 2017, 23:58:13
und reicht zur Klärung nicht das hier?
http://dict.leo.org/englisch-deutsch/
Beitrag von: D21 am 22 Januar 2017, 13:47:44
http://www.listraforum.de/smf/index.php?topic=3656.2250
Beitrag von: Sam am 22 Januar 2017, 17:40:31
Beitrag von: salessia am 27 Januar 2017, 23:48:11
Dann habe ich darüber nachgedacht, wie es denn im folgenden Beispiel heißt:
Ich habe es ein- oder zweimal erwähnt heißt ja "once or twice".
Wie sagt man denn bei "zwei- oder dreimal"? "Twice or three times" oder "two or three times"? Das Zweite klingt für mich richtiger.
Beitrag von: Tiamat am 28 Januar 2017, 09:05:15
Es gibt zwar das Wort "thrice" für dreimal, aber das ist veraltet.
Beitrag von: D21 am 03 Februar 2017, 04:36:50
Beitrag von: D21 am 12 Juni 2017, 23:24:55
"He makes him me nothing you nothing out of the dust."
Beitrag von: D21 am 23 Juli 2017, 09:19:59
"Only when a mosquito lands on your testicles, you will learn to solve problems without violence."
Beitrag von: D21 am 05 April 2019, 05:28:11
:biggrin:
Beitrag von: salessia am 23 April 2019, 14:41:13
Also der Betrag, der dort steht, wird von uns/mir nicht akzeptiert, und die Firma, die ihn berechnet hat, soll das nochmal überprüfen anhand der Einwände, die ich habe. Dies will ich dem Empfänger der Aufstellung mitteilen.
Beitrag von: Tiamat am 24 April 2019, 01:11:31
Beitrag von: salessia am 24 April 2019, 07:37:00
"Charge higher than expected, currently being clarified by Company X" würde ich schreiben.
Vielen vielen Dank! Das "currently being clarified" ist genau das, was ich sagen will. Dass es noch im Gange ist sozusagen. Ich bin nicht auf das "currently being" gekommen. :smile:
Beitrag von: salessia am 23 August 2019, 12:53:55
Der Bekannte hatte irgendwas am Knie und nahm deshalb Schmerztabletten. Nach einiger Zeit sagte er zu der Frau: "We must drive, my pills are all."
Dann konnte er nicht so richtig gut vom Stuhl aufstehen wegen seines Knies und sagte: "I come not high."
Die Frau hat mit Sicherheit nur Bahnhof verstanden.
Beitrag von: D21 am 17 September 2019, 20:05:45
Beitrag von: D21 am 06 Oktober 2019, 02:54:16
Beitrag von: hanswurtebrot am 29 Mai 2020, 14:55:35
Beitrag von: Tiamat am 29 Mai 2020, 22:08:12
"loosely based on the Shakespeare play [Titel]" würde ich schreiben.
Ich bin mir aber nicht sicher, ob du eigentlich sowas wie "frei nach Obelix" meinst. Da würde ich eher "To put it in Shakespeare's words" or "as Shakespeare would have expressed it" schreiben.