This poster announcing the concert of the Odenwälder Shanty Chor may look strange or even mysterious but for the fans it is neither. It makes perfect sense.
And to make sure: They do sing. So they are a choir. But they do speak, individually and as a group, so they are a chorus, too. They keep commenting on the MC, Prof. Dr Dr Netwohr, throughout the show.
Double gedippt for Ragtag Daily Prompt: Chorus and
FOWC with Fandango: Mysterious
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One of the oddities about speaking a second language is that certain words immediately combine in my brain with a set collocation even though the word may have many other meanings and other collocations.
The perp who was responsible for the tragic death of Mr Mouse was patently bewildered when he was caught just after the act.
Double-dipping for FOWC with Fandango: Surprise and Ragtag Daily Prompt: Departed
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When you find a chicken stuck in a tree USE your camera.
It’s a happy chance. Possibly a chance of a lifetime.
Double-gedippt for Ragtag Daily Prompt: Happy Chance and FOWC with Fandango: Use
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to be rigid. As this tree had to experience at first hand.
His brothers seem to have been more amenable to the wind of late.
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Completely lacking an epiphany about today’s prompt I decided to fall back on the religious meaning of Epiphany: The Three Kings Day, or the Twelve Day of Christmas. These magi are part of our family nativity scene. They are made out of salt dough, scraps … Continue reading The Twelfth Day
A group of burial grounds from Celtic times was located near the town of Rödermark. One of them was reconstructed and a sculpture depicting the burial rituals of a Celtic warrior erected. The figures look kind of normal from the side. But then you take … Continue reading Taking Measured Steps
I am sometimes impressed how far machine translations have come. This is when we’re talking English-German. I still find faults and errors and particularly the nuances often get lost which is where machine translations can be dangerous and I am therefore an advocate for human translators, still.
But when other languages are involved the results can often be complete gobble-di-gook. This morning I got the following message: “Vergiss es, ich drehe den Filter hinter mir her.” More or less: “Forget it, I turn the filter behind me.”
It took me a bit but I pride myself in understanding what the Arabic speaking student wanted me to say. He really meant:
“Forget me coming to class today.” or rather: “Sorry, I cannot come to class today.”
“I am having problems with breathing and I have to carry a breathing apparatus with me at all times.”
Now I know this because I know the student, I know that he has breathing issues and he once told me about a respirator he needs to use occasionally. This knowledge replaces my lack of Arabic, I could make a logical deduction and infer meaning where the machine only produced gobble-di-gook.
Ragtag Daily Prompt: Gobbledigook
Ragtag Daily Prompt: Texting
that the Admiral was dining on leek today. Ragtag Daily Prompt: Leak
Ragtag Daily Prompt: Catch
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