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#191376 - 05/30/10 07:45 AM dull or boring task?
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Loc: Vermont I have a friend who is looking for the German word for the ability to concentrate on a dull or boring task. any ideas?_________________________
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#191378 - 05/30/10 11:14 AM Re: dull or boring task? [Re: Buffalo Shrdlu]
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Loc: R'lyeh for the German word
I would be hard-put to come up with a word in English for this. Why does he need a German word, which likely does not exist? That aside, the word for boring in German is one of my favorite words langweiliger._________________________
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#191381 - 05/30/10 01:30 PM Re: dull or boring task? [Re: zmjezhd]
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Loc: Vermont this is what he wrote:Quote:... These 'loan' words pop up all the time in other languages and I encountered another German word recently which describes the ability to concentrate on a dull or boring task but I cannot for the life of me remember what the word was now.
so, not sure!_________________________
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#191384 - 05/30/10 04:21 PM Re: dull or boring task? [Re: Buffalo Shrdlu]
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Loc: Netherlands, the Hague Langweilleistungsfähigkeit, leider nicht.
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