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Runes and a Steadfast

Saturday, April 24, 2010

An old linguistics professor, has long Emeritus, I was able to enjoy himself in his full glory and academic mercilessness even told me a few days ago, as I him whether research related to my on zeitgeist-online.de now published book review (Karl Heinz Göttert: German - a language biography) called, there was almost a renaissance of interest in the runes.

When I mentioned that I've noticed in passing of considerable diligence in Japan, he said, the Japanese took care of quite touching in fact very seriously.

Touched myself how a well already on octogenarian me stood to answer questions, the same was ready to shift down the stove to control his bookshelf and even to start me a chat about German dialects, one in which I as a visiting student (I had not at that time was in the German language written) twenty years ago, just attended a seminar.

Certainly not at the peak of his physical powers, was talking about a still wide-awake, self-determined spirit that those Alzheimer's disease will never be able to achieve since he in his mental house pharmacy has the ultimate antidote (more ...)

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War propaganda, hack writer of war

Monday, April 19, 2010

The following I read yesterday on the network side freitag.de (the author is the director of the political departments of the Berlin weekly):

"Lutz herds wrote on 19.04.2010 at 11:42
Last night at the show Anne Will was to observe and experience a expectable variation in the medial approach to the issue of Afghanistan. As Gregor Gysi was loaded, opponents of the war and the German troops use were summarily presented as useful idiots of the Taliban. No, not the bombs of Kunduz on September 4, 2009, insurgents would lead to actions - rather, it was instigated by the likes of Gysi debate. The encourage the Taliban to attack the German army and to influence the debate in Germany from the outside.
It had turned out to hear how a new stab legend could fail and actually already fermenting. It was noticeable how moods are stoked that take advantage of the traitor targeted, which is ultimately responsible for the death of German soldiers, because he leads the Taliban to hand. Not only in Afghanistan prevail war and war-like conditions, and in the media. The native warriors are among us. "

Yes: The native warriors are among us. (more ...)

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Rabää!

Thursday, April 15, 2010

The stupidest anglicism who has reached the German media beings, especially in network forums lately is "thread".

The red thread, the thread of conversation, the thought train, you already said simply topic, subject, the question of the cause to naturally writes then also some netizens large Kasper in some ways particularly excellent way, namely as a "threat", thus threatening or threat.

But "thread" is just "cool", find the "download border", "user" the "community" "chilled" because "stalk" then really going on, "post" what the "Display" hergibt "scroll "is down one, so that the" feedback "I'm always hoping that the" webmaster "is sometimes quite easy Takete ...

But there are other, one of which is called Goeller.

PS: I bet a bottle of Star Castle-Pilsener, that most of these "posters" the word "thread" and not even able to pronounce correctly, because the English "r" after the initial "th" many Germans is particularly difficult.

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Ovine

Sunday 04 April 2010

Today I read in a line discussion (it was originally to religion as the opium of the people, and misogyny in Judaism, Christianity and Islam), the following of a participant (I guess there is one) with the nick "Titta", the underlying the Blog post so critically commented:

"The whole post is about as thoughtfully as I would argue, it should after the Communists million deaths in the Gulag vanish or they were all ideologically stray sheep."

No one responded also upset just a little: rather, the argument seemed to "sit".

Imagine what hell losbräche, was replaced in this statement "communists" by "Nazis" and "Gulag" by "concentration camp".

Happy Easter

Uncensored Uninhibited

For the best roast lamb

Wishes you

From Schafgasse 1

In Hammelburg

Their

Magnus Wolf Goeller

PS: Just so settled in the same conversation thread nor the Protestant Christian Pastor Berlin (appears to be genuine) one:

"If the killings in the name of Marxism Marx and his doctrine can not discredit, then the (former) murders in the name of Christianity, Christ can not discredit also.

I consider this argument to be compelling and am really looking forward to your response to it. "

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Synonyms

Tuesday, March 30, 2010

I must, as a German teacher, naturally explain again and again what synonyms, near synonyms, antonyms, in fact not true antonyms, etc. are.

And I allow myself always have the luxury to point my protégés that were it not true, as it were total synonyms, since even eg English "nil", "naught", "zero", "love", "null" Although the facts her first designated the same, would, however, already used in different contexts and at different levels of language, so that they have under the relevant connotation are not congruent flat; Moreover, the lexemes sounded quite different, pushing other ear, would bring with it its own vibrations respectively with: language and I'm now times by volume, from speaking, otherwise they would be writing.

And if a word until basically the same thing meant as another, why do not they denominated the same?

For example, if today something to be genuine, honest, real, non-lying, pure, not manipulated or vogegaukelt, in short, to be described in the positive sense as genuine, very happy to grab as many voice users to the word "authentic".

To describe three syllables instead of one, a foreign word instead of even a German, made by basically the same facts but why, why, why, why, "cui bono"?

Now, "authentic" works just educated, solemnity, consumes more air, gives the speaker more time, perhaps to sort the next thought without "Uh," the Starkton on the second syllable can be aptly embedded particularly emphasize the flow of speech may less suffering than by mercilessly hard "real" etc., etc.., etc., etc., et seq.

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So

Tuesday, March 23, 2010

The following originally appeared on freitag.de:

http://www.freitag.de/community/blogs/carl-gibson/wert-und-ehre-deutscher-sprache—wort-schoepfungen/?searchterm=Carl+Gibson

21.03.2010 | 11:29
"Value and honor German language" - word-creations
speech language pollution control word wait Hugo von Hofmannsthal word creation change change linguistics dialect neologisms

It is a merit of Friday, to have argued on this platform free spirits uncensored.

Those to whom you cut in the online editions of TIME, the FAZ, the SPIEGEL etc. the "word" can be found here again - and they're talking about as they grew the beak, free, the boundaries of the categorical imperative are still respected.

So I found this by chance a spiritual comrades again, I had seen 20 years ago and last spoke. I then came across on his blog and on his peculiarity, not only to speak freely, tacheles, as they say, but also individually.

unzensiert.zeitgeist-online.de/

Magnus Goeller operates - undeclared and perhaps not to the delight of the Bibliographic Institute in Mannheim (where the dictionary is published.) - As a voice changer and word creator (more ...)

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Poor alliteration

Monday, March 22, 2010

Earlier, I started thinking about a alliteration and suddenly came to the obvious realization that for even the Swabian, but much more the Franconian sees blessed.

Debb, Delefon, Drandüde fit here as well together as Grauben, Galauer and Gobfgeburd; Budder, Busdeguchen and Banser bassen just like Dervish, Dadüdada and Drombede ...

No wonder that the alliteration in German is pretty much at the end, since the bathroom cleaner Hanoverian Battreinichöhr means and the bridge Prücköh ...

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Distrust in the network

Monday, March 15, 2010

I just read of those that I mentioned in the previous article as a blogger "Zachor":

"But distrust is the Internet the highest principle."

Nice quote from the mouth of a person acting under aliases.

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Nobel Prizes

Sunday, March 14, 2010

That Nobel Peace Prizes are awarded to particularly like liar and warmonger, was discussed here repeatedly.

What about the Nobel Prizes for literature?

The postwar German laureates by Hesse, I will let time simply apply hot Böll, Grass and Müller.

What have in common the latter three?

As probably expected to get lost a few largely obtuse on this my site, I leave you, dear reader, are not too serious resolution to this puzzle.

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"Financial capitalism"

Thursday, March 11, 2010

In connection with the - with respect - idiotic pleonasm "financial capitalism" to "law" in the media settles lately of "links" more and more to simply describe today's capitalism, I will here again from a today's external net forums comment even quote (I just hope that this is legal):

"Let's talk soon, because no one else understands only from the terrestrial earth, the lunar moon and the solar sun, what is meant?"

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Beer festival

Saturday, February 27, 2010

Today at noon I asked each of my sons again teasingly, which is why I for beer beverage (after I explained, I'm here so noodles for all, for all brush etc. and demanded something in return: I would do so only for myself).

Law unwisely I answered that it was indeed true, but beer is now times the liquid bread for adults, especially for dads, at least for yours.

Immediately tipped the thing a bit, as I told them bread is, so to speak her alcoholic beer festival.

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The wrong book

Tuesday, January 26, 2010

Since I can not write as well and must write off of a book, I had to find a book. But since I was not a book, I asked my dad.

He gave me by mistake a book in his hand, which was written with the old font. I should not understand it, I should write only correct.

When my dad saw the text because he noticed that the book was written in the old script. He said: "You must not show your teacher."

I asked: "Why not?" My dad said, "The book is in the old script."

I said to my dad, "Dad, the book nevertheless is so old that you see it that it is written in the old script. You've finally read themselves. "

Papa said, "I was not paying attention."

(Text, tags, and title of Haldor)

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"Words are deeds"

Wednesday, January 20, 2010

My regular readers know that I, as Anglist not think too much of unnecessary anglicisms in German texts; relevant examples I will not add now, because here get lost only Lesfähigsten, and I do not want to intellectually insulting by listing a few possible this regard Dopey hitches here (but this does not mean that I do not yet even a few particularly notable elsewhere 'll impale immorality of this kind).

A anglicism but I rather like "bullying".

The word "mob" is now entered as a very commonplace into German: And also the gerundiale Verbal derivation is easy to pronounce and according to German orthography to write easily correct.

In addition, the lexeme is handy and sometimes helpful; was treated as a member of my family in a way characterized aptly described, helped the word in order to separate the humiliated and insulted by his tormentors after all, can and with it a new chance to open it.

By myself now befell similar to similar places me this loan word again went right through the head; and though I do not even uttered it in my defense, at least as far as I remember, it was perhaps even more helpful just by not Pronounced Will.

Wittgenstein said in one of his most famous aphorisms: "Words are deeds."

Just a word in your head can sometimes confirm this saying.

Implication is just often more so than explication.

Blessed is he who not only have to go to an Indian ashram at a guru in the teaching of such knowledge.

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Goebbelse against Hitler

Friday, January 15, 2010

The intellectually sad Godwin'sche law that Nazi comparisons or -Anwürfe be thrown sooner or later in every political and social debate, after which the discussion sinks in discursive Orcus, unfortunately proves again to be accurate.

In the Netherlands, Geert Wilders is not tired to prove Islam with such comparisons, while conversely, many Muslims represented as the new Jews and weighted them politicians, columnists and cheap professors deal with criticism of Islam accordingly.

Why not simply say the times "assholes", "perverts", "criminals", "idiots", "oppressor", "wanker" or anything halfway Civilian contradict each other?

Did they all do not have ideas, which have since all do not even have the vocabulary, creativity and scheinargumentative lexematische repertoire of a teenage student aid?

Since slow shudder but the sow, whether one may consider these edible or not.

If this continues, then we wake up one morning, and everyone is a Hitler. Or a Goebbels.

Then finally you can only operate Goebbelse insult Hitler and vice versa.

State that the world is likely to have reached the final domination-free discourse.

This belongs not even more in my category "idiots Cabinet".

So from now a new "Goebbelse against Hitler".

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"Google Makes us stupid?"

Tuesday, January 12, 2010

I just read an article with the title I would like to highly recommend "Is Google Making Us Stupid?" (Theatlantic.com/doc/200807/google - I'm sorry, my link function just hangs).

The author Nicholas Carr describes in the questionable transformation of our information processing and thus our thinking through the network.

Me personally as a writer brought the text so far to a few conclusions: (more ...)

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Peculiarly left free

Sunday, December 27, 2009

When I want to a disadvantage any of my current favorites, and also given the opportunity for other happy is (a part of the Christmas mystery of 23 12 can be as easy as solved verify or jetzo completely solve), I will now also the "Friday" and Mr. Augstein, could not reasonably be its editor, be neglected.

In a way, the declared Left Augstein its also very peculiar sort of picture of free, by "his" (mostly incompetent) bloggers, his project before Hamburger students therefore alba changed over the network world and the whole thing without correction, let alone editing, let because also equipped with a rudimentary layout, then high preys on his side as a blogger in his own paper for discussion.

But that's not the strangest Funny: A blogger from his "community" has become a part of the statements Augstein hastily adopted and the dear boss Eingeheizt worth reading liberal.

Something for lovers, a small collector's item: freitag.de / blogs / author: orange / Title: "To: Jakob Augstein, The Future of the Newspaper 1.2"

(Left function on strike, unfortunately, so please from left to right with links by click)

Supplement 29 12 1.14 Clock: Meanwhile, publishers Augstein answered his critics and announced that he did not understand the most explosive set (extra nachzitiert) somehow. With "Eh" and asking them to get it explained again easier. Hard to say whether this is a weak feint actual excessive demands in terms of Lesfähigkeit or a mixture of both.

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Patrix

Monday, November 23, 2009

There are a few people who called from what the occasion of idiots movie (why am I calling this so, another time) "the matrix", are clearly broken.

As a cautious mind I see myself as times only for three quarters of the way so far well: but still.

In order to cover the (supposed) remaining quarter, I appoint me as far as I get around to it, now repetitive self-paced instruction in Latin, along with others; Sharpening of the linguistic cognition is the trump card of the trump cards.

The agents "Smith" in the world are not paired by metakarateske acrobatics done with esoteric concentration grotesque.

Against such help simply vile logic: Greek "logos" meaning word, meaning, number, teaching, customer.

The gefühligeren among my readers that such like seriously now and not scroll yawning, I like to add that each shot intuition might not hurt.

Those who are, however, looks to the East, which I confess frankly that Confucius me, although poorly studied, this is more than reincarnation teachings or even the Abrahamic "matrix".

Otherwise, I recommend except Cervantes still the Brothers Grimm and Friedrich Nietzsche.

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Ernst M. Pfitzler

Wednesday 04 November 2009

He could of course Walter S. Borne hot or Kevin F. Meyer or Rüdiger L. Safransky or Holger V. Giacometti or ...

Now, every creature be Plaisierchen.

Who verschriftetermaßen a capital letter plus point gesprochenermaßen a "Emm" (after three joints maybe "Um"), "dining", "Eff", "Ell (s)" (as laughs Frenchman), "Vau", "Oh "or" woe "would like to have locates between his first call and his family name, I call the course:" It's a free country " (more ...)

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Magic of sounds

Wednesday, October 07, 2009

In another context (aphorisms 40) I was already talking to sound Picturesque.

The magic of the sounds is unbroken and in my opinion, still only partially explored. As a child I heard such as "Ulan Bator" or "Montevideo", and already I wanted to know where that unless each.

The last time I read around (now we have not quite managed, the work is strenuous) in "The White Goddess" by Robert Graves, where some approaches, perhaps more than that, can be found.

There are also runic Founded books to it (probably the best found so far principled approach to the subject), of which I once would now only "Oding-Wizzod" by Gerhard Hess recommend.

Once again I am able to write longer texts, have once again made me own thoughts, I will deepen the matter here.

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Gratifying German

Sunday, August 30, 2009

A reader gave me for my writing in this blog, the previous overall score four plus, and this (The Four is the two of the little man!) Encouraged me to take enough of her satisfying targeted.

Even more good news is to report: I have the impression that various authors write increasingly linguistically better and more creative in various media.

This is a purely personal view.

Evidence for the thesis: (more ...)

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