Weltschmerz

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Re: Weltschmerz

Postby MTC » Mon May 13, 2013 12:26 am

You sure do!

I always put a hypen in cow-herder to keep a little distance between the cow and the herder. Otherwise it makes me nervous. Don't ask.

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Re: Weltschmerz

Postby Perry Lassiter » Mon May 13, 2013 1:02 pm

Also in that case it distinguishes ranchers from cowards.
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Tapeworm Words

Postby Slava » Tue Jun 04, 2013 9:04 pm

We here call those long German words boxcars, but the Germans go for Tapeworm.

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