Traces of yesterday’s celebrations in Donzdorf, Baden-Württemberg, taken at about 14:00 today:

and here is a close-up of the rubbish bin with Sekt bottles:

Here is a shot of the Friedrichstraße in Fürth at 18:00 today.

The Guardian today links to an article at the University of Toronto website about the myth that the Eskimo language (Inuktitut) has 200 words for snow.

Other researchers have noted that Whorf originally focused not on how many words for ‘snow’ there were, but instead on the fact that there was no single word equivalent to the broad meaning of English ‘snow.’

There are no specific words for fish, bear or people either, only for specific kinds of them. The Guardian adds:

the real gem here is the inclusion of the Labrador dialect word meaning ‘I thought I would never go to jail’: pannanaitsimavilialautsimaniagasugilautsimalaungilanga.

Via Carob (not a blog):
The International Trademark Association has a list of trademarks to help authors know when to capitalize things and how to punctuate them. This could be useful. I particularly like the possibility of getting generic terms.

Here’s a bit (hmm, where’s ‘Google’?)

Gold Top mantles for lanterns
Golf automobiles
Goobers chocolate covered peanuts
Good Housekeeping Seal of Approval certification Good Humor ice cream
Good & Plenty candy
Goodyear tires, blimp
Gordon’s gin and vodka
Gore-Tex water repellent fabric, outerwear
Gorham china, silverware, stemware, crystal
Got Milk? Milk Association slogan
Graduate Record Examinations tests, educational software (also GRE)
Graduates toddler foods
Grand Marnier cordials
GrandMa’s cookies
Grand Ole Opry country music program
Grape-Nuts cereal
GravyMaster seasonings

I suppose it’s only the ones used in English. After all, for example, Tippex in German is always capitalized. Is it purely US, with no British examples? It says 170 countries belong.

I will probably not be blogging until the new year now. Unlike some, however, I do have a good chance of experiencing some snökaos, both German and English.

The ABA Journal for December mentions two humorous law firm sites.

Stroock & Stroock & Lavan have a cartoon, called ‘Interviewing 101’. Click on the cartoon figure.

Powers Philips in Denver has such a witty site that it’s hard to believe it’s serious. It goes too far for my taste!

Powers Phillips, P.C., is a small law firm located in downtown Denver, Colorado within convenient walking distance of over fifty bars and a couple of doughnut shops. Powers Phillips also maintains a small satellite office-in-exile on the cow-covered hillsides near Carbondale, Colorado, where it puts out to pasture some of its aging attorneys.

Someone has inherited some houses and wants to sell them. From today’s Nürnberger Nachrichten:

(From an inheritance in Nuremberg, 2 houses, each with 1 bar and 11 apartments, in the red light district, to be sold cheap. For details write to Chiffre 6 391 391)