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Penthesilea:
Thanks everybody for you answers to "Godfriday". It's a bit starnge though. I can easily believe that I am wrong about it. After all, it's been two decades that I finished school :laugh:. But I find it strange that we had a conversation about it last week and my English "teacher" said exactly the same thing. Hm *shrugs*. Perhaps she went to the same school I did and learned the same cr*p ;) :laugh:
--- Quote from: MaineWriter on March 21, 2008, 09:40:53 pm ---Another question I had...when you talked about getting your tattoo, you mentioned your "motive"... not in relation to why you wanted to do it, but more in relation to design. That is not the word I would expect...I would think "pattern," "transfer," or "design." Can you explain?
L
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Ha, I knew it was an odd word to use in this context! Of course I meant "design", but the word had slipped me for a moment. So I looked it up in my online dictionary. The German word is "Motiv" and the dictionary translated it with motif, motive or theme.
Motive did feel strange to me in this combination, but I used it anyway.
In German, Motiv can be both, a reason to do something or a pattern.
MaineWriter:
Good morning everybody,
Another chilly Saturday....19 degrees! They are already talking about a big storm next Tuesday and Wednesday. Hopefully it will be just rain!
My son is home from college for his spring break. Yahoo!
L
MaineWriter:
Hi Chrissi,
How about a German lesson for me? "Speck Knodel aus Semmelbrot & Raucherspeck." (I can't put the umlauts on, sorry but you know where they go!)
We made these for dinner last night (thanks again for the gift!) but now everyone is asking me, "What exactly are these, Mom?" LOL
L
belbbmfan:
--- Quote from: Penthesilea on March 22, 2008, 06:08:23 am ---
Ha, I knew it was an odd word to use in this context! Of course I meant "design", but the word had slipped me for a moment. So I looked it up in my online dictionary. The German word is "Motiv" and the dictionary translated it with motif, motive or theme.
Motive did feel strange to me in this combination, but I used it anyway.
In German, Motiv can be both, a reason to do something or a pattern.
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Motiv = motief in Dutch, both meanings too (design and motive).
Maybe your english teacher is behind the online dictionary too! ;D
MaineWriter:
Morning all,
21 degrees on Easter Sunday. I don't think we'll be hunting for eggs in the garden...heck, I can't even see the garden! LOL. That's not entirely true. The front garden is almost snowfree and there are little green shoots of crocuses and tulips peeking out. We will have flowers one day!
L
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