Word division and rubbish sorting / (Müll)trennung
am 25.10.2006 von http://transblawg.eu
RA-Blog regrets the division of the compound word Gelassenheitsdemonstrationsf-loskel.
I thought I’d seen the equivalent in Munich last Friday, but it was obviously deliberate:
I also saw Einkaufst-asche. More examples here - my favourite is Katzens-treu. And there’s a …
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