Onkel Adolf ist hundert einundzwanzig Jahre alt heute.

[Matthew Ellard]

The guy on the picture looks a bit like the guy from Pet Shop Boys, Neil Tennant

What an odd but true comment! He does look like Neil Tennant!

 

[Matthew Ellard]

I keep on wondering what the mad arab wanted to tell us with this thread.

I think Abdul ( who I don't think is an Arab at all) simply likes to show oddities. Good on him. I like reading odd threads as a bit of relief from the heavier subjects

 

[Floyt]

The thing is, most "s" in German compound words are not there due to grammar. They're "Fugen-S" (joint 's'), to make pronunciation simpler. There are no fixed rules for it, though textbooks usually do contain empirical lists where they show up and where not.

With this, as a native German speaker, I would use "Führertodestag", without "s". Most compounds where the first word ends with "-er" don't get a joint "s", except some special expressions that have historically developed them ("Hungersnot").

Well, it wouldn't be the first time that my primary school memories turn out to be slightly off. Tried running with scissors the other day and it worked just fine!

Since I fully intend to kick the bucket without once pandering to the Neue Deutsche Delfinschreibung, I have a checkered grammar compliance history anyway

 

[DC]

Schaugst daß'd weidakimmst, Hundsbua, sonst ruck'ma zamm...

roflmao

 

[MaGZ]

[FONT=Georgia,Arial,Helvetica]The Measure of Greatness[/FONT]

http://www.thule-italia.net/devi/devi/library.flawlesslogic.com/measure.htm

 

[KingMerv00]

[FONT=Georgia,Arial,Helvetica]The Measure of Greatness[/FONT]

http://www.thule-italia.net/devi/devi/library.flawlesslogic.com/measure.htm

Let's see...*click*

April 20 of this year [1989] is the 100th anniversary of the birth of the greatest man of our era -- a man who dared more and achieved more, who set his aim higher and climbed higher, who felt more deeply and stirred the souls of those around him more mightily, who was more closely attuned to the Life Force which permeates our cosmos and gives it meaning and purpose, and did more to serve that Life Force, than any other man of our times.

I missed Yoda's birthday? Damn.

 

[BaaBaa]

[FONT=Georgia,Arial,Helvetica]The Measure of Greatness[/FONT]

http://www.thule-italia.net/devi/devi/library.flawlesslogic.com/measure.htm

**** Hilter.

AND Ron Vibbentrop, too.

 

[Toke]

Interesting, my spellchecker and I have a serious disagreement on compounding english words. It does not like it.

 

[ParrotPirate]

Donka shane

It's "danke schoen" iirc. ( I took four years of German in high school ,but haven't used it in over twenty!) Also voting in favor of the **** Hitler comment!

 

[BaaBaa]

For the longest time, I thought " Bei mir bist du schoene " was "buy beer,mr. Shane"

 

[Toke]

At least German does not use the same words a Danish just with different meaning.

Like:
Bon, the paper slip from a cash register, In Swedish a hardon. Sounds a bit odd to ask for in a Swedish supermarked
Taske, a bag or purse in Danish. In Swedish a scrotum.
Stunt, a trick or stunt in Danish. In a Swedish a morning wood.

 

[Skeptic]

Ah, yes, April 20th, the day a being of unmittigated evil carved its way from a leathery shell to wreak havok on the world. 16 years ago, on that day, my monitor lizard Dante hatched. He got an extra helping of cat food and shrimp to celebrate living past the average monitor lifespan.

Okay, so you've got an immortal monitor Lizard named Dante which was born on Hitler's birthday. Big deal, doesn't everybody?

 

[båtsman]

Like:
Bon, the paper slip from a cash register, In Swedish a hardon. Sounds a bit odd to ask for in a Swedish supermarked
Taske, a bag or purse in Danish. In Swedish a scrotum.
Stunt, a trick or stunt in Danish. In a Swedish a morning wood.

I don't know who you've talked to but I've never heard any of them. Maybe there are local variations though.

A stunt is a trick/stunt in Swedish too.

ETA: Task (no e) does mean penis, but I have yet to meet anyone using it.

 

[Toke]

I don't know who you've talked to but I've never heard any of them. Maybe there are local variations though.

A stunt is a trick/stunt in Swedish too.

ETA: Task (no e) does mean penis, but I have yet to meet anyone using it.

??
Well, it could be a Malmö dialect.