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breakingthrunow

Private Party

May 14, 2009 15:00

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widdertwin May 15 2009, 02:38:12 UTC

This image rocks my socks off! Where did you get it? Best tea party ever...

breakingthrunow May 16 2009, 10:50:20 UTC

I have a picture folder where I dump anything that I see around and like. I wish I could remember where I saw this. I'd love a print of it.

cwaldgeist August 7 2009, 00:17:50 UTC

Hi,

I've been trying to join deutsche_kultur and nothing has happened. I'm not a troll, please let me join.

-Caitlin

breakingthrunow August 8 2009, 22:51:25 UTC

It takes from a minute to a day or two for me to approve people. I'm not a bot and am not online 24/7. ;) You're in now.

mw_europe August 27 2009, 19:25:01 UTC

Where do you travel? Do your posts include where you've been and what you've seen? I'd love to read them, if you'd care to add me to your list.

breakingthrunow August 28 2009, 16:40:06 UTC

Hey, thanks for your interest. I'm really inactive here in my journal at the moment when it comes to personal things. I log on daily running the community but that's all I have time for right now.

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breakingthrunow December 4 2009, 19:07:23 UTC

Sure, go ahead and friend me. I'm not very active on LJ at the moment apart from running the community. This may or may not change again -- but if you have questions about the language, I'll be glad to help. I'm a native speaker and was born and raised in Germany.

mw_europe December 19 2009, 16:06:27 UTC

CAn you do a thing about the word of the year? I saw in Die Rheinpfalz Volkzeitung 19 Dez 09 that the word of the year is Abwrackprämie. Other words considered (by who?) were 'Bad Bank' and Wachstumsbeschleunigungsgesetz. I don't know enough German to really get into it.

thanks

breakingthrunow December 19 2009, 23:29:26 UTC

Abwrackprämie has to do with the "new car" bonus people got to increase sales and get rid of old cars.

Wachstumsbeschleunigungsgesetz also relates to stimulating the economy after the slump. A law.

'Bad Bank' - schlechte Bank. Would have to look it up for exact use but I suspect it's a pun as well as a statement as it's in English. (US and UK banks reportedly did worse overall in this crisis.)

The word of the year is something the Gesellschaft für deutsche Sprache has done for many years now, they're recording a piece of Zeitgeist. I'll make a post about this year's words. Thanks for reminding me. :)