Comments

guest · 9 years ago

We also love the word "stuff" (Zeug in german) ... Airplane in german is Flugzeug ("flight stuff"), toys are Spielzeug ("play stuff"), a lighter is Feuerzeug ("fire stuff"), drums are Schlagzeug ("beat/punch stuff"), dressing material is Verbandszeug ("bandage stuff"), cars and other vehicles are Fahrzeuge ("drive stuff").
Basically we're pretty lazy and just call everything stuff. Thanks for this post :) And to complete the list of cute german words for animals: A seal is a "sea dog" (Seehund), a porcupine is a "spike pig" (Stachelschwein), a porpoise is a "pig whale" (Schweinswal), a sloth is just a "lazy animal" (Faultier), a racoon is a "wash bear" (Waschbär), a slug is a "naked snail" (Nacktschnecke), a squid is an "ink fish" (Tintenfisch), a bat is a "flutter mouse" (Fledermaus) and a squirrel is a "little oak horn" (Eichhörnchen). Hope this info is improving your life ;)

My every day life. 12 comments

guest · 9 years ago

I think it's pity too, not empathy and I hate it. I had a pretty screwed up youth and one year, when things at home were really bad, I told a friend about it. She invited me to spend Christmas with her family. Iniviting me to her perfect family on a holiday that is all about family - that just made things worse for me. I was the screw up with no real home who they pitied. I'm sure she tried to understand what I felt but she just couldn't possibly since she never experienced the same thing. And you can't really explain it to them. I made these experiences so often that I do not tell people anymore what my life has been like because I hate this pity.