Jugend buchstabiert
am 17.08.2005 von TransblawgI shouted out ‘PDS!’, but I don’t …
Spelling book aims for high sales
Transblawg / Lynne Truss’ publishers have now published Vivian Cook’s ‘Accomodating Brocolli in the Cemetary or why can’t anybody spell?’ (I pasted that. I can’t be bothered to misspell). Amazon.co.uk already has a five-star re
Websters online dictionary - Rosetta edition
Transblawg / What on earth is this ‘dictionary’? Here it is on translator. There are seven pictures of translators, none of which are me. Very bizarre. If you click on ‘references’, you are taken to amazon.com. We know ‘Webster’
Greeting people in Switzerland / Grüße in der Schweiz
Transblawg / Quote: Was sagen Sie einem Menschen, der im Garten arbeitet? [What do you say to a person who is working in his or her garden?] Older informants: - 4 x ‘Wachst’s?/Wott’s wachse?’ [Are your plants growing?] - 3 x ‘Brav!&#
Internet directories/Internet-Adressendatenbänke
Transblawg / I have just phoned Kelly in London, since they ignore my emails and I don’t want to get a ‘personal login’. Now they may understand that I don’t sell curtains or tables. The woman promised me that my address will be removed -
Germans pronouncing Hurrikan
Transblawg / It has been pointed out to me by Anon. of Frankfurt am Main that, as with ‘curry’, German newscasters have difficulty pronouncing ‘Hurrikan’ or ‘hurricane’. Some pronounce it in an acceptable English way, but other
Software for less plain English
Transblawg / The program WhiteSmoke will ‘enrich’ your English. The demo on the site shows how you can start with a simple sentence like ‘I admire your work’ and finish with a strangely un-English one like ‘I greatly appreciate your
LLRX 01/2006
Handakte WebLAWg / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Deep Web Research Research 2006, The Google Library Project: The Copyright Debate, Researching Laws and Information on Nutritional and Dietary Supplements On the Web, Election Law @ Moritz, Adobe’s Macromedia Studio 8 ̵
Lessig on tangible goods vs. copyrighted works
Aktenvermerk / Basically this is a “note to self”, to make it easier to find this quote by Lawrence Lessig again: In particular I’m tired of hearing the word steal and seeing the analogy between tangible goods and digital copies of some material
I need more cement/Deutsche Bauarbeiter suchen Arbeit in England
Transblawg / The Independent reports: German builders are heading to the UK in a reversal of the Auf Wiedersehen, Pet emigration of the British building trade in the 1980’s and 1990’s. Thoughts are being given to cultural and language training: And
Schindlers List 2005
Aktenvermerk / Nein, nicht der Film von Steven Spielberg. Wie die NY Times berichtet haben die Eltern von Terri Schiavo einer konservativen Direkt-Marketing Firma die Erlaubnis erteilt, eine Adressenliste von bekennenden Unterstützern zu verwerten. Wer also in
eBay gefönt: L’Oreal klagt
Kleinblog | David Klein / Diverse Hersteller von Luxusartikeln sind schon gegen eBay vor Gericht gezogen, nun gesellt sich auch der weltgrößte Kosmetikkonzern L’Oreal hinzu. Wegen der zunehmenden Produktpiratierie auf eBay verklagt L’Oreal eBay in Deutsc
Radsport ohne Doping!
Heimspiel / In den letzten Tagen fragen sich viele besorgte Zuschauer, wie wohl ein Radrennen ohne Doping aussähe - also z.B. eine absolut ’saubere’ Tour de France. Ist das überhaupt möglich? Justitia Colonia sagt ja und präsentiert die Antwort:
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