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Mushroom collector vindicated/Deutsche Pilzsammlerin erfolgreich in England

Frau Brigitte Tee-Hillman (64) ist in Deutschland geboren und lernte dort Pilze sammeln. Sie arbeitete als Stewardess, und seit ihrer Heirat lebt sie in England, in der New Forest. Seit 1973 sammelt...

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Bodyleasing

Is this German or English? To quote J. Melchior in Wismar: Kollegen bieten das eBook „Outsourcen und Bodyleasing – Rechtssichere Verträge mit freien Mitarbeitern” zum kostenlosen Download an. So weit,...

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Dictionary of Austrian legal terminology/Wörterbuch der österreichischen...

Heidemarie Markhardt, who has been mentioned here before, has just published a dictionary of Austrian legal, economics and administrative terminology: Heidemarie Markhardt, Wörterbuch der...

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A word to the wise: Choose the right translator

This is the title of an article in the International Herald Tribune this weekend. Good advice in parts. I must quote the oddities, though: Professor Alain Thienot used translation software and found...

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Texas German/Texas-Deutsch

Annggargoon’s language of the week is North Texas German. Article in the Houston Times, and site of Texas German Dialect Project (TGDP) with sound clips. Texas German is a unique dialect of German that...

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Domestic violence/Gewalttätigkeit in der Familie

In English law, there is legislation on domestic violence (Oxford Law Dictionary: ‘Physical violence inflicted on a person by their husband, wife, or cohabitant’), for instance enabling a wife to get...

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German-Surinam Creole dictionary/Wörterbuch Deutsch-Suriname-Creole

Google Books reveals Wullschläger’s 1856 dictionary for missionaries (spotted by Trevor). I always find it bizarre to find German written in Fraktur and the other language not. jdn. als Koch anstellen:...

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amazon.de review/Spannende Wochenendlektüre

From a review on amazon.de (three stars out of five): Was mir jedoch nicht gefallen hat, ist der fürchterliche Schreibstil des Autors, der sich hinter dem Pseudonym “Gesetzgeber” versteckt (ich glaube,...

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Book on barristers’ clerks

One of the desirable jobs in the English legal world is that of the impresario-like figure of the barrister’s clerk. A clerk and his (are there any women?) assistants arrange the diaries of the...

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Sandgrasnelke

This is a Sandgrasnelke which I photographed last Sunday. I don’t know what it is, except that it is a kind of pink or carnation and its leaves and stems are covered with wax to withstand a dry...

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