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welcome!!
and could anyone comment on why it is sometimes capitalized in the middle of a sentence?
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No, because tsuwm wants to show off he can write it both ways. heh well, I noticed that one of Anu's quotes also capitalized it.
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I suppose using the capital shows you know your German and not using it means you don't care to show it. (or don't know it)
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sit flesh
I love having a word now for 'sitting on my butt, for hours on end, when there are plenty of other things I should be doing'.
Like when I'm quilting. There is not an equivalent word in English that describes this ability.
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Yes, Germans are clever with word glue. Besides Sitzfleisch they also have the word Erzatsfleisch, meaning the whole magic world of tempe, tofu, breadcrumbs, mashed beans and Analogkäse.(!?!)
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sit flesh
I love having a word now for 'sitting on my butt, for hours on end,
Thank you, Candy! I was wondering how to remember this word. Now with this "butt association" I will be able to remember it.
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Possibly because German nouns are always capitalized
and it is just copied that way?
While this is true today, there was a period in the 19th century when the Grimm Brothers and others stopped capitalizing all nouns and followed rules closer to those of English capitalization. You can see it in the Grimm German dictionary (sort of equivalent to the OED in size at least). It did not catch on.
Ceci n'est pas un seing.
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Yes, Germans are clever with word glue. Besides Sitzfleisch they also have the word Erzatsfleisch, meaning the whole magic world of tempe, tofu, breadcrumbs, mashed beans and Analogkäse.(!?!) Is that something to eat????
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Possibly because German nouns are always capitalized
and it is just copied that way?
While this is true today, there was a period in the 19th century when the Grimm Brothers and others stopped capitalizing all nouns and followed rules closer to those of English capitalization. You can see it in the Grimm German dictionary (sort of equivalent to the OED in size at least). It did not catch on. alled an "epoch-making achievement in historical lexicography," the dictionary was compiled by innumerable linguists over the course of a century. I looked it up. Amazing what one finds on Google.
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Yes, Germans are clever with word glue. Besides Sitzfleisch they also have the word Erzatsfleisch, meaning the whole magic world of tempe, tofu, breadcrumbs, mashed beans and Analogkäse.(!?!) Now I'm trying to imagine Digitalkäse.
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