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Elder JZ,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Greetings from the frontiers of WLBOTTdom<\/strong>, where I am trying to overcome my Innerer Schweinehund<\/em> (inner pig-dog), watching some Fernsehen <\/em>(literally: far-seeing, figuratively: television), and trying to lose the Kummerspeck <\/em>(literally: grief-bacon, figuratively: weight gained from emotional eating).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What I am trying to say is, I have a BLOTT<\/strong> idea for you – fun German compound words. Recently a German told me that airplane in German is literally “flying thing”, and another German-heritage person informed me that mannequin is literally “shop window doll.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I learned a bit of German many years ago; it’s really a fascinating and WLBOTTY<\/strong> language.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And of course there are words that came from German to Ukrainian:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u0431\u0443\u0442\u0435\u0440\u0431\u0440\u043e\u0434<\/strong> (buterbrod) – sandwich (Butter + bread)
\u0446\u0443\u043a\u043e\u0440<\/strong> (tsukor) – sugar
front (like the front in the war)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tschuss,
Elder KM<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n


A WLBOTT goldmine<\/strong> \u2014 stern, logical, slightly terrifying, yet unintentionally hilarious when examined with love and mild confusion. And the idea of Elder KM<\/strong> ping-ponging between \u00a1Hola!<\/em> and Guten Tag!<\/em> while laughing at words like Kummerspeck<\/strong> (\u201cgrief bacon\u201d) is exactly the energy this blog demands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A Special Nod to Innerer Schweinehund<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Elder G:<\/strong>
Innerer Schweinehund \u2014 The Inner Pig-Dog<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ah, Innerer Schweinehund<\/em> is one of the crown jewels of German psyche-words. Literally translated: \u201cInner Pig-Dog.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

What It Means<\/em><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

The Innerer Schweinehund<\/strong> is that lazy, defiant creature inside you<\/strong> that whispers:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cDo we really need to get up and do the thing? Wouldn\u2019t it be nicer to just\u2026 not?\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s the embodiment of:<\/p>\n\n\n\n