More baptisms tomorrow

[pne]

My cousin Sylvia asked me whether I could participate in another baptismal session tomorrow as Eva still has names; I agreed.

She then mentioned that Nadine van Impelen would also be participating: she had brought many name along but had just noticed that they still need to be baptised before she could do the remaining ordinances.

I had seen Nadine and her husband last night already; she looked as pretty as always. I think she is, as the Germans say, an "eye willow" (or should that be "eye pasture"?).

Comments

[nik-w.livejournal.com]

> an "eye willow" (or should that be "eye pasture"?).

Neither are terms that are used in English (if that was your intention) - if you are looking for phrases to mean attractive that have "eye" in them, you are best with "eye catching" (which can refer to anything - not just people) or "eye candy" - an American slang term which is the sort of thing one guy would say to another about a girl - a girl wouldn't take kindly to being called "eye candy"!:D

eye willow

[pne.livejournal.com]

It was intended to be a literal translation from the German... a kind of linguistic joke.

Hey, it's my journal; I get to make obscure jokes that most people don't get ;)

(Still, you understood what I was getting at.)

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[nik-w.livejournal.com]

I wasn't sure if you were trying to be literal or were trying to guess the English (being as you put two alternatives)! I'm always self-concious about correcting people's English, as I figure it can come across a bit insulting, but one of my Norwegian friends used to insist I did so that he could learn!

Of course you can make obscure jokes - my journal is full of random stuff that amuses me but usually doesn't mean a thing to most other people!:p

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[pne.livejournal.com]

Ah. The two alternatives were because I realised after putting "eye willow" that the second morpheme in the German source word has more than one meaning and that the idiomatic expression I was translating literally probably comes from the other meaning. (Sort of like post = letters and post = pole you put signs on; in this case, "willow" and "pasture". "Eye willow" sounds more surreal, so I left it in.)

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[nik-w.livejournal.com]

err... ok, I just about follow you there (well, I understand your example anyway)!:)

[will21cn.livejournal.com]

;) Interesting. I heard "catchy" a couple of times, boys' talk of course. Anyway, what is "eye willow" in Germen?

[pne.livejournal.com]

Not telling :)

I don't want to spoil the inside joke.

[will21cn.livejournal.com]

Haha, that just raises my little curiosity even more. But okay, let's keep it secret here... Could it be offensive or embarrassing if I ask a female student from Germany? Otherwise I'll have to google it out myself. ;)

eye willow

[pne.livejournal.com]

No, I don't consider it offensive or embarrassing... maybe a little amusing.

I don't know whether googling will help much, since it's a literal translation, but I suppose you could try using an online translator.

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[pne.livejournal.com]

Heh... this post is #1 for "eye willow" on Google ;)

And most of the next hits come from Buffy fanfic, it seems. Yay Willow (http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=willow)!

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[will21cn.livejournal.com]

;) I already got it. Guess I'll leave it to myself 'cause a search on Google doesn't look good indeed, ^o^. Still wonders: eye candy makes sense but I have to think hard to find out what *** indicates. =)