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am 25.03.2007 von http://heimspielcolonia.wordpress.com‘Time is a jet plane, it moves too fast.’ (Bob Dylan)
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’
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
Ridiculous application questions/Lächerliche Fragen beim Vorstellungsgespräch
Transblawg / RollOnFriday is having a competition for the most ridiculous question put to an applicant in person or on an application form. Apparently, Withers (a London law firm) asked the following question on a form: To which fictional character do you most
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
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 -
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!&#
WOM 4 / Word of the moment 4: Vertragsstrafe
Transblawg / Liquidated damages are a sum fixed in advance by the parties to a contract as the amount to be paid in the event of a breach. They are recoverable provided that the sum fixed was a fair pre-estimate of the likely consequences of a breach, but not if
Gone With The Wind
Heimspiel / ‘Toto, I’ve a feeling we’re not in Kansas anymore.’
Rejected in a hurry
Aktenvermerk / Who says that the law review article consideration process is slow? Brian Leiter writes about how Ohio State law professor Christopher Fairman’s article was rejected by the Kansas Law Review in only 25 minutes. Apparently, all it took for the e
Neanderthaler language / [Igunartok]
Transblawg / Almost exactly 150 years after the Neandertaler was found, we still don’t know much about them, but we do know what their language sounded like - or at least, one Ruth Omphalius thought up a Neandertaler language for a German TV series. It has
Germany Disarms Itself Against September 11 Attacks
Law & Justice / Opinio Juris: Germany Disarms Itself Against September 11 Attacks : Germanys Constitutional Court has invalidated a law that would have permitted the German government to shoot down a hijacked plane if that plane was being used as a weapon endanger
Heiteres Zitateraten
Jurabilis / The governments view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it.Wer weiß, wer das gesagt hat? Dont google!
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