Tag Archives: German
Puzzle Pieces
I’m back, after dropping off the face of the earth for . . . far too long. Spring break and all, and I took a break from everything. Anyway, I didn’t stop thinking and now I’m back with more word-things. … Continue reading
Words Are Fascinating
One of these days, German will stop providing things for me to talk about here . . . and I will have nothing to talk about. Today’s an etymology thing . . . auf Deutsch. The word for “excited” in … Continue reading
Filed under Etymology, German, Linguistics
The (Dreaded) Subjunctive
First of all–wow. I don’t know how I ended up wherever I ended up on the WordPress site that made people actually realize my blog existed . . . but wow. I just came on to put up a new … Continue reading
Filed under English, German, Linguistics
Backwards (Pain!)
I feel like I write more about German in this blog than I do about English–it’s a good thing I didn’t set out a clear objective in the beginning, I suppose. But that’s neither here nor there. Today’s interesting concept … Continue reading
Filed under German
Chaos in Language
Today’s post is thanks to my German prof. again. Someone asked what the difference was between the “ß” and “ss” spellings. I immediately tuned in, since this has always been something I’ve wondered about (mainly because back in high school … Continue reading
Filed under German
