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Looking For A Specific German Dictionary
So far my efforts to track this down for my collection have been
fruitless; perhaps someone here can help me. I'm looking for a specific German-English dictionary whose title I don't recall, and I'm looking for it because of a specific appendix regarding German maledicta. Let me explain... While studying German in high school duing the late 1970's, a friend found a dictionary to use for our studies. He claims to have found it simply lying on the ground, but I think he might actually have taken it from his father's library, because his father had come to the U.S. from Germany before my friend was born. Regardless, it seemed to be a normal German dictionary for the bulk of the book, but he had found an appendix called "Words You're Not Supposed To Say" or "Things You're Not Supposed To Say" which contained all the forbidden words: profanities, insult phrases, und so weiter. A sample: Rotznase = snot nose, little prick Ich scheisse darauf = I don't care about that, I don't give a **** about that This appendix was at least two pages and may have been as long as ten pages; I don't recall well enough. I never saw the book itself (and so I can't supply a binding description, publisher, or such), but my friend made photocopies of the appendix and gave them to me. They disappeared during my college years, I don't know how, and I've never found them again. All I can say for sure is that the book had to have been published before 1981, as that is the year I graduated. Any leads would be appreciated. |
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Looking For A Specific German Dictionary
"Some Guy" wrote...
So far my efforts to track this down for my collection have been fruitless; perhaps someone here can help me. I'm looking for a specific German-English dictionary whose title I don't recall, and I'm looking for it because of a specific appendix regarding German maledicta. Let me explain... While studying German in high school duing the late 1970's, a friend found a dictionary to use for our studies. He claims to have found it simply lying on the ground, but I think he might actually have taken it from his father's library, because his father had come to the U.S. from Germany before my friend was born. Regardless, it seemed to be a normal German dictionary for the bulk of the book, but he had found an appendix called "Words You're Not Supposed To Say" or "Things You're Not Supposed To Say" which contained all the forbidden words: profanities, insult phrases, und so weiter. A sample: Rotznase = snot nose, little prick Ich scheisse darauf = I don't care about that, I don't give a **** about that This appendix was at least two pages and may have been as long as ten pages; I don't recall well enough. I never saw the book itself (and so I can't supply a binding description, publisher, or such), but my friend made photocopies of the appendix and gave them to me. They disappeared during my college years, I don't know how, and I've never found them again. All I can say for sure is that the book had to have been published before 1981, as that is the year I graduated. Any leads would be appreciated. You might want to look into the works of Dr Reinhold Aman, who specializes in _Maledicta_ -- words and phrases used to curse, swear and wound. He used to be a regular poster to alt.usage.english, and may still be so. I'm sure he would prove helpful, as he has to me in the past. Matti |
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Looking For A Specific German Dictionary
Matti Lamprhey wrote: "Some Guy" wrote... So far my efforts to track this down for my collection have been fruitless; perhaps someone here can help me. I'm looking for a specific German-English dictionary whose title I don't recall, and I'm looking for it because of a specific appendix regarding German maledicta. Let me explain... While studying German in high school duing the late 1970's, a friend found a dictionary to use for our studies. He claims to have found it simply lying on the ground, but I think he might actually have taken it from his father's library, because his father had come to the U.S. from Germany before my friend was born. Regardless, it seemed to be a normal German dictionary for the bulk of the book, but he had found an appendix called "Words You're Not Supposed To Say" or "Things You're Not Supposed To Say" which contained all the forbidden words: profanities, insult phrases, und so weiter. A sample: Rotznase = snot nose, little prick Ich scheisse darauf = I don't care about that, I don't give a **** about that This appendix was at least two pages and may have been as long as ten pages; I don't recall well enough. I never saw the book itself (and so I can't supply a binding description, publisher, or such), but my friend made photocopies of the appendix and gave them to me. They disappeared during my college years, I don't know how, and I've never found them again. All I can say for sure is that the book had to have been published before 1981, as that is the year I graduated. Any leads would be appreciated. You might want to look into the works of Dr Reinhold Aman, who specializes in _Maledicta_ -- words and phrases used to curse, swear and wound. He used to be a regular poster to alt.usage.english, and may still be so. I'm sure he would prove helpful, as he has to me in the past. Matti You might find responses in alt.usage.german. David Ames |
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Looking For A Specific German Dictionary
David Ames wrote:
Matti Lamprhey wrote: "Some Guy" wrote... So far my efforts to track this down for my collection have been fruitless; perhaps someone here can help me. I'm looking for a specific German-English dictionary whose title I don't recall, and I'm looking for it because of a specific appendix regarding German maledicta. Let me explain... While studying German in high school duing the late 1970's, a friend found a dictionary to use for our studies. He claims to have found it simply lying on the ground, but I think he might actually have taken it from his father's library, because his father had come to the U.S. from Germany before my friend was born. Regardless, it seemed to be a normal German dictionary for the bulk of the book, but he had found an appendix called "Words You're Not Supposed To Say" or "Things You're Not Supposed To Say" which contained all the forbidden words: profanities, insult phrases, und so weiter. A sample: Rotznase = snot nose, little prick Ich scheisse darauf = I don't care about that, I don't give a **** about that This appendix was at least two pages and may have been as long as ten pages; I don't recall well enough. I never saw the book itself (and so I can't supply a binding description, publisher, or such), but my friend made photocopies of the appendix and gave them to me. They disappeared during my college years, I don't know how, and I've never found them again. All I can say for sure is that the book had to have been published before 1981, as that is the year I graduated. Any leads would be appreciated. You might want to look into the works of Dr Reinhold Aman, who specializes in _Maledicta_ -- words and phrases used to curse, swear and wound. He used to be a regular poster to alt.usage.english, and may still be so. I'm sure he would prove helpful, as he has to me in the past. Matti You might find responses in alt.usage.german. David Ames Thanks! |
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