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Page 2 of 3 < 1 2 3 > Topic Options #142335 - 04/22/05 05:27 PM Re: krank Faldage Carpal Tunnel Registered: 12/01/00 Posts: 13653 OK, if it's not worth the effort … Top #142336 - 04/22/05 06:22 PM Re: krank Vernon Compton enthusiast Registered: 06/29/01 Posts: 273 Loc: NZ In reply to: I didn't say it was worthwhile. There's no need to be so curt. Top #142337 - 04/22/05 09:10 PM Re: krank inselpeter Pooh-Bah Registered: 03/14/01 Posts: 2379 Loc: New York City <<curt>> ? Top #142338 - 04/22/05 10:13 PM Re: krank Vernon Compton enthusiast Registered: 06/29/01 Posts: 273 Loc: NZ In reply to: <<curt>> ? If you figure it out, I'll give you 3 pennies. Top #142339 - 04/23/05 07:30 AM Re: krank Faldage Carpal Tunnel Registered: 12/01/00 Posts: 13653 Of course, this whole thread raises the question: can a single word, in isolation, qualify as a pun, either bad or good? Top #142340 - 04/23/05 07:43 AM Re: Krank inselpeter Pooh-Bah Registered: 03/14/01 Posts: 2379 Loc: New York City <<Three Pennies>> Drei Groschen, will do -- How many of them in a Euro, anyway?: Tschja, wo dann liegt, eigentlich, der Schnee vom vergananen Jahr? Top #142341 - 04/23/05 07:49 AM Re: krank inselpeter Pooh-Bah Registered: 03/14/01 Posts: 2379 Loc: New York City <<One word pun>> Well, yes and no: that's why I attempted to edit the thread's title to "Loanword" (singular) from German (see my first post). The pun, such as it is, is on that troubled old grouping "Loan words [plural] from German." Top #142342 - 04/23/05 09:38 AM Please AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel Registered: 03/15/00 Posts: 6511 Loc: lower upstate New York put me out of my misery. Danke zwei-und-vierzig mals. Liesl Top #142343 - 04/23/05 11:25 AM Re: Please inselpeter Pooh-Bah Registered: 03/14/01 Posts: 2379 Loc: New York City <<misery>> But I'm afraid I may only augment it. Preliminarily, my brother tells me the term I'm looking for concerning punning across languages is "faux amis." I'm not sure "false friends" quite does it there, but it is involved here. So, here goes "Loanwords" of "Loanwords from German" directly translates the German term "Leihwort," from "leihen:" "to lend," and "wort". "Lion," clearly latinate, is a near-homophone. Ergo "Loan" word from "German." Of course, the "from German," part is complete nonsense -- and you know my penchant for that. Loan words are frowned upon by Germans. Presumably, though, "Loewe" (lion) derives from the same Latin, and there are many many acceptable Latinate words in German. So that near the line, I'm not quite sure where they draw it. Sorry, Liesl, for the torment. This was originally intended as a one-glance post. Finally, do you know the ditty about Lies[l] waiting for Hans in Pope Benedicts home state of Bayern? If not, I would be happy to deliver yet another torment. ;) Edit: From my brother's email, an example: Duh is polish for brilliant. Dhoy is Russian for profound. Top #142344 - 04/24/05 10:29 AM Re: loan words from German inselpeter Pooh-Bah Registered: 03/14/01 Posts: 2379 Loc: New York City <<und jetzt bin ich krank>> Ach, so! Und nehmst du a lie-down, oder? ;) Top Page 2 of 3 < 1 2 3 > Previous Topic Index Next Topic Preview Hop to: General Topics ------   Information and announcements   Q&A about words   Wordplay and fun   Words and languages in schools   Miscellany   Weekly Themes   Looking for (writers, speakers, ...) (Old) Weekly themes. (have been consolidated into a single forum above) ------   Words from medicine   Beheading words   Meta-words   Words from classical mythology   Animal Safari   Words with unusual etymologies   Eponyms or words derived from people's names.   Loanwords from German   English as a global language Moderator:  Jackie  Print Topic Switch to Threaded Mode View profile Send a PM View homepage Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM View homepage Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts Forum Stats 8423 Members 16 Forums 13686 Topics 209746 Posts Max Online: 3341 @ 12/09/11 02:15 PM Newest Members teepee, smoothcriminal86, janbra, junebug, Stephen A 8423 Registered Users Who's Online 0 registered (), 46 Guests and 2 Spiders online. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters (30 Days) LukeJavan8 85 jenny jenny 66 wofahulicodoc 52 endymion6 45 BranShea 35 Rhubarb Commando 35 Buffalo Shrdlu 19 zmjezhd 16 Jackie 16 Faldage 14 May Su M Tu W Th F Sa 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31

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