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KrautBlog: Word of the Month: Das Bauernopfer
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Occasional musings, Geistesblitze. Photos, drawings etc. by a "resident alien", who has landed on American soil from a far-away planet called "Germany". Sunday, May 31, 2015. Word of the Month: Das Bauernopfer. Word of the Month: Index. Here's another term that originated in chess and made it into wider usage from there (cf. Zugzwang. Jan 2009). Bauer. Generally means "farmer" or "peasant"; but in chess, it's the name of the piece called "pawn" in English. An Opfer. Is a sacrifice, and a Bauernopfer.
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KrautBlog: December 2014
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Occasional musings, Geistesblitze. Photos, drawings etc. by a "resident alien", who has landed on American soil from a far-away planet called "Germany". Sunday, December 14, 2014. Word of the Month: Der Geistesblitz. Word of the Month: Index. In the present context, Geist. Means "mind" or "intellect." A Blitz. I got the idea for the current Word of the Month recently when my friend Thomas Kreifelts sent me an article with the headline Geistesblitz in der Matschnacht. Links to this post. Flemming's First ...
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KrautBlog: Parallels Between Rumpelstiltskin and The Merchant of Venice
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Occasional musings, Geistesblitze. Photos, drawings etc. by a "resident alien", who has landed on American soil from a far-away planet called "Germany". Friday, August 10, 2012. And The Merchant of Venice. Here are my latest musings triggered by the Coursera-based course I'm currently enrolled in:. And The Merchant of Venice. Note to readers not enrolled in the course:. The Merchant of Venice. August 10, 2012 at 10:14 PM. Heika: I dont know about Propp. Would be interesting to find out. Bullet; Kindle ed...
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KrautBlog: Word of the Month: Die Wortklauberei
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Occasional musings, Geistesblitze. Photos, drawings etc. by a "resident alien", who has landed on American soil from a far-away planet called "Germany". Tuesday, February 10, 2015. Word of the Month: Die Wortklauberei. Word of the Month: Index. Means "word" and Klauberei. Is a noun derived form the verb klauben. 8212;to carefully pick over or sort out something (not to be confused with glauben. 8212;to believe). The verb is neutral in its connotations, but Wortklauberei. If the name "Waldo" would appear ...
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KrautBlog: October 2014
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Occasional musings, Geistesblitze. Photos, drawings etc. by a "resident alien", who has landed on American soil from a far-away planet called "Germany". Wednesday, October 29, 2014. Word of the Month: Der Querdenker. Word of the Month: Index. Is an adverb meaning "across," and a Denker. Is a thinker (from denken. To think). In combination, the words indicate a person who thinks independently or "outside the box," as the saying goes. Querdenkerin. Links to this post. Saturday, October 25, 2014. Xword capi...
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KrautBlog: Palladio on the Long Island Sound
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Occasional musings, Geistesblitze. Photos, drawings etc. by a "resident alien", who has landed on American soil from a far-away planet called "Germany". Wednesday, August 5, 2015. Palladio on the Long Island Sound. Labels: Harkness Memorial State Park. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). One thing could be said about Ulrich with certainty: He loved mathematics because of the people who could not stand it." (Robert Musil, The Man Without Properties. View my complete profile. Bhutan and Nepal 2014.
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KrautBlog: November 2014
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Occasional musings, Geistesblitze. Photos, drawings etc. by a "resident alien", who has landed on American soil from a far-away planet called "Germany". Saturday, November 29, 2014. Word of the Month: Die Quasselstrippe. Word of the Month: Index. Is a verb used colloquially in the sense of "yack" or "prattle," and a Strippe. Again used colloquially, is a cord, line, or thin cable connecting two things. In the days when all telephones were connected by landlines, Quasselstrippe. Is feminine, but because a...
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KrautBlog: January 2015
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Occasional musings, Geistesblitze. Photos, drawings etc. by a "resident alien", who has landed on American soil from a far-away planet called "Germany". Wednesday, January 28, 2015. Another Take on Mutti. Links to this post. Tuesday, January 27, 2015. Word of the Month: Die Mutti. Word of the Month: Index. George Packer, "The Quiet German". Merkel is known by supporters and opponents alike as Mutti. A diminutive of Mutter. On the face of it, Merkel is as unlikely a person to be called Mutti. But the name...
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KrautBlog: Another Take on Mutti
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Occasional musings, Geistesblitze. Photos, drawings etc. by a "resident alien", who has landed on American soil from a far-away planet called "Germany". Wednesday, January 28, 2015. Another Take on Mutti. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). One thing could be said about Ulrich with certainty: He loved mathematics because of the people who could not stand it." (Robert Musil, The Man Without Properties. View my complete profile. Bhutan and Nepal 2014. IBooks edition: blurb store. Bullet; iTunes store.