I was mulling over the fact that non-Germans often ignore the two dots over the letters a, o, and e in German (making each of them an Umlaut), at least when pronouncing the words, and so I decided to do the same today. This part … Continue reading Müll
One Word Sunday: Messy
The poster not only shows the unpopular residents and names them (they sound akin to birds and mushrooms) it also details their staying power, e.g. yellow shellthing 1-3 years (aka: slippolus bananicus or a banana skin), warbling swallow up to 50,000 years (aka: liquor cadaveri or glassy shot bottle), or cupped paper muggy up to 5 years (aka: cofficus warmicus or paper coffee mug).
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This is a typical apartment house from around the 1920s. The windows are framed by sandstone, straight on the upper floors, curved with a keystone on the groundfloor. Instead of keeping the natural reddish stone it was painted grey keeping the contrast but giving it … Continue reading Stylish Renovation
FOWC with Fandango: Reprehensible
These items are living in our forest. Unfortunately, they are not yet extinct.
And every time I go for a walk in the woods and come across one of these I return home in a high dudgeon.
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