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From: M.-L. Lessing <marless at gmx.de>
Subject: LL-L "Idiomatica" 2008.02.15 (06) [E]
Other expressions in German are:
1. jwd (spoken "jotwedee"), derived from Berlinerisch "janz weit draußen" =
"very far outside (the city)", e.g. "Du wohnst ja jwd!"
2. "Hintertupfingen" for a small, insignificant village anywhere where you
never get,
3. Rather vulgar, but very expressive: "Am Arsch der Welt".
Hartlich!
Marlou
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From: Luc Hellinckx <luc.hellinckx at gmail.com>
Subject: LL-L "Idiomatica"
Anybody who cares to know how the French view the rest of the world
(including the Lowlands ;-) ) through the use of place names, should
have a look at:
"Les noms de pays, de peuples et de lieux dans le langage imagé" (by
Henri Van Hoof)
http://www.erudit.org/revue/meta/1999/v44/n2/004546ar.html
Kind greetings,
Luc Hellinckx
PS: I was surprised to read that in 1911, "une semaine anglaise" (an
English week) was used to describe a working week, with days of only 5
working hours and a free weekend.
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