Am meisten meckere ich wenn ich es am einfachsten habe.
Schlagwort: Sprache
Semolina.
Some things words just sound better in other languages.
Uffguckbichli.
Die Pennsilfaanisch Deitsch Schprooch, ass gwehnlich yuscht Deitsch heesst unnich die Pennsilfaanisch Deitsche, awwer aa Pennsylvania German odder Pennsylvania Dutch genennt watt in Englisch, iss en Schprooch, ass gschwetzt watt bei verleicht 300,000 Leit in meh wie 20 Schteets in die USA un in Ontario (Kanadaa).
Wikipedia in Pennsilfaanisch Deitsch: Pennsilfaanisch Deitsch
Proneid.
I envy native speakers of less sexist languages for the "mistakes" they make in English.
Like Language.
Quickly our vocabularies shrank. Instead of summoning words, people tapped on images. People stopped finishing their sentences. And in startlingly short order, they could no longer describe with language the places they had been; the way they had felt in the dark night; the powerful weight of the tropical winds and the humidity of their recent vacations, the dirt road they got lost on, the woman who brought milk and bread and butter and yogurt to their pensione.
Gabrielle Hamilton: The Art of the Dinner Party