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Butter
Feb 9, 2017 10:15:09 GMT
Post by Hofmeister on Feb 9, 2017 10:15:09 GMT
I shall report on the butter dispensation methods/equipment in both Italy (spending a couple of nights in Venice in order to bore the tits of the children lest they have too much fun skiing) and Slovenia in the forthcoming days. I managed to avoid boring my progeny, (and delighted my spouse) by taking them to Venice on a chilly foggy November night. With atmosphere, evil and intrigue literally dripping from the walls of the narrow alleys, I regaled them with historical tales of evil Doges, plague victims, Phoenicians, Popes, Borgias* all set against the sounds of scurrying rats and mysterious footsteps. And of course in November the place does not stink, has no tourists, the cafes are cheaper, and is inclined to flood less. *Yes I know a bit of Historical license was applied for.
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Butter
Feb 9, 2017 10:32:54 GMT
Post by Alanović on Feb 9, 2017 10:32:54 GMT
Well it's gonna be chilly, and hopefully not smelly. Don't know much about the place sadly.
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Butter
Feb 9, 2017 14:03:20 GMT
Post by Deleted on Feb 9, 2017 14:03:20 GMT
Modern German having bewilderingly (to us) long words is an effect of them having 'compound' nouns, made up of a series of shorter words (my favourite being Strassenbahnhaltestelle - street rail stopping place, or tram stop to us). Obviously, there will be exceptions to prove the rule.
I had a disagreement with my local maindealer before Christmas in the end he used this phrase which, at first, had me slightly bemused before laughing: Bitte machen Sie mir einen Vorschlag, wie wir „ die Kuh vom Eis kriegen " ? Please make a suggestion how we get the cow off the ice...
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Butter
Feb 10, 2017 14:34:07 GMT
Post by WDB on Feb 10, 2017 14:34:07 GMT
Judging by the picture, you are dossing down in the station bar again. I wasn't, but there were no front steps to fall down. Some might consider that a wise precaution.
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Butter
Feb 20, 2017 10:54:46 GMT
Post by Alanović on Feb 20, 2017 10:54:46 GMT
No butter dispensing machines in either Italy or Slovenia last week. Not that I saw, anyway. They may have been backstage. The butter was presented on the breakfast buffet in ready made little patties in both cases.
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Butter
Feb 21, 2017 8:15:12 GMT
Post by crankcase on Feb 21, 2017 8:15:12 GMT
Just hopping back to your declared interest in Philology, Alanović, you may be interested in a squizz at Gallica. I have to admit I spend half my waking life on that site, and the other day was reading some great articles from the 1890s in various journals of Philology. If you do look, be warned, for if you have any interest at all in old manuscripts, books, maps, photos (oh, the photos) etc., you'll be there more or less forever. It irks me, incidentally, there is no British equivalent that's anything like as good, especially not entirely for free. Oh, and there's a cracking app for Gallica too on IOS. Sorry, did I mention I like Gallica? gallica.bnf.fr/
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Butter
Feb 21, 2017 10:00:46 GMT
Post by Alanović on Feb 21, 2017 10:00:46 GMT
I shall have a look, crankers. Thanks. And then blame you when I lose my job, wife, family etc.............
:-)
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