LL-L "Idiomatica" 2008.09.12 (03) [E]

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From: Douglas Hinton <douglas.hinton at gmail.com>
Subject: LL-L "Idiomatica" 2008.09.12 (01) [E]

I tried this in Babelfish.Yahoo and got in dutch " De honden ontschorsen weg
hun hoffen."
I took this sentence and translated back to english and got" The dogs debark
their accounts."

I can't think of a way to say this in danish, and Babelfish.Yahoo doesn't
offer any scandinavian language translation.

Regards, Douglas

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From: R. F. Hahn <sassisch at yahoo.com>
Subject: Idiomatica

Hi, Douglas!

I believe this is your first posting.

Congratulations and welcome!

Reinhard/Ron

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From: Luc Hellinckx <luc.hellinckx at gmail.com>
Subject: LL-L "Idiomatica"

Beste Jorge,

You wrote:


Our weekly English writers group (all displaced to Puerto Rico--includes a
Dutch woman, an Australian, a Sardinian and two /gringos)/ was wondering if
it is possible to say, "The dogs are barking their heads off" in Dutch?


In Standard Dutch, I would say "De honden blaffen zich suf". More graphic:
"De honden blaffen zich de longen uit het lijf". It can be discussed whether
a dog has a soul or not, but if you tend to believe he does, you could also
use the phrase "De honden blaffen zich de ziel uit het lijf". As an aside,
butchers call the "ziel" of an animal, the meat (at the hind part) of the
backbone of bovines/pigs.

In Brabantish, one might go for "D'honne bass'n eule zot/kapot".

Kind greetings,

Luc Hellinckx

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