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It's only words...
Feb. 28th, 2021 03:19 pmThe Leibniz Institute documents the state of the Germman language. In an average year, it reckons to identify some 200 new words; in the year of the pandemic it has collected a list of 1200, and counting. This is German, after all, a language in which Coronavirushotspot is a single word.
Some are more interesting: what does it tell us about Germany, that it has a word for a socially distanced beer (abstandbier) - as compared to the UK where we can currently meet a friend (just one) for outdoor exercise, but must not drink coffee while walking together / apart? I liked, too, Schnutenpulli - a jumper for your muzzle: the example given is verdammte Schnutenpulli - as in, where is ... muttered while fishong in the bottom of your bag for the necessary item.
Guardian article.
BBC World Service (starts 18 minutes in).
Some are more interesting: what does it tell us about Germany, that it has a word for a socially distanced beer (abstandbier) - as compared to the UK where we can currently meet a friend (just one) for outdoor exercise, but must not drink coffee while walking together / apart? I liked, too, Schnutenpulli - a jumper for your muzzle: the example given is verdammte Schnutenpulli - as in, where is ... muttered while fishong in the bottom of your bag for the necessary item.
Guardian article.
BBC World Service (starts 18 minutes in).
