Category: Language similarities
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One of my favorite German phrases…!
This stuffed, concocted livestock sits on my study table as a reminder of what could be an allusion to many Mothers around the world – an Eierlegende Wollmilchsau. (pronunciation guide: I-er-lay-gend-er-vol-milk-sow). It is a German Idiom that literally means an egg laying, wool and milk providing, pig. The concept of this fantastic fictitious animal is…
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PLATITUDES VERBOTEN
(Impressions, Perceptions and Experiences ^ (of a Desi) in Deutschland) That is right, no? A common habit amongst Indians is to end a spoken English sentence with a negative. If you tuned into some casual chatter between two Indians, you would often hear a ‘no’. To an untrained ear it might sound like…