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[devi]

ARGH AM INCAPABLE OF DOING ANY WORK WHATSOEVER.

I need help to get enthused about words. What's your current favourite word and why do you like it?

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[kensson.livejournal.com]

German is like that. Someone once suggested that it was created by an overly-pedantic two-year-old whose parents had died after teaching him all the one-syllable words. I was just thinking about this because I saw a thimble, which is Fingerhut (finger-hat) in German.

I think Schadenfreude means, literally, shame-happiness.

[huskyteer.livejournal.com]

German for 'nipple': Brustwart (breast wart). Mmm, sexy.

[skorpionuk.livejournal.com]

Shame-happiness: no. "Schaden" means damage, "Freude" means joy.

[skorpionuk.livejournal.com]

... although I like the analogy.

[kensson.livejournal.com]

That makes even more sense. Thanks for the correction.

[bluedevi.livejournal.com]

By the way, hello, Montana person.

[kensson.livejournal.com]

Oh, um, howdy! People actually say howdy here, and mean it.