This topic has been taken up on Blogalization. They also quote Martin Roell (email?) and Shockwave Rider in machine translation. I will offer a human translation (sometimes known in translation theory here as humane Übersetzung). Continue reading →

This topic has been taken up on Blogalization. They also quote Martin Roell (email?) and Shockwave Rider in machine translation. I will offer a human translation (sometimes known in translation theory here as humane Übersetzung). Continue reading →

Eugene Volokh has ‘discovered’ some lost maxims of equity:

bq. Equity abhors a nudnik.
Equity delights in a good practical joke.
He who seeks equity must do so with full pockets.
Equity is not for the squeamish.
Equity, schmequity.
Equity can be grumpy before its first cup of coffee.
Equity is crunchy on the outside, soft and chewy on the inside.
Equity is a mean drunk.
Equity, like all of us, prefers the rich and good-looking.

There must be more of these. They sound a bit American. I think ‘like all of us’ is stylistically weak. Again, ‘He who seeks equity must do so with full pockets’ is funny, but it has no depth. Continue reading →

Eugene Volokh has ‘discovered’ some lost maxims of equity:

bq. Equity abhors a nudnik.
Equity delights in a good practical joke.
He who seeks equity must do so with full pockets.
Equity is not for the squeamish.
Equity, schmequity.
Equity can be grumpy before its first cup of coffee.
Equity is crunchy on the outside, soft and chewy on the inside.
Equity is a mean drunk.
Equity, like all of us, prefers the rich and good-looking.

There must be more of these. They sound a bit American. I think ‘like all of us’ is stylistically weak. Again, ‘He who seeks equity must do so with full pockets’ is funny, but it has no depth. Continue reading →

According to Meisterkoechin in Vienna (only German), the asparagus season is over. This is a relief because there are times when it seems to be the only topic of conversation among Germans here in Franconia. German asparagus is pasty white and they try to slaughter it before it sees the light of day. As a result of the growing method, it apparently has to be attacked severely with asparagus peelers.

(Photograph taken in Weilheim at the end of May)
Now for something much nicer: the strawberry season.

According to Meisterkoechin in Vienna (only German), the asparagus season is over. This is a relief because there are times when it seems to be the only topic of conversation among Germans here in Franconia. German asparagus is pasty white and they try to slaughter it before it sees the light of day. As a result of the growing method, it apparently has to be attacked severely with asparagus peelers.

(Photograph taken in Weilheim at the end of May)
Now for something much nicer: the strawberry season.