So many milk!

Amy, this morning, after pouring lots of milk for herself: "Mummy put so much Frosties in my bowl".

Ah, she put so many Frosties in your bowl?

"Yes. That's what I had to pour in so many milk."

Yes, so much milk for all those Frosties.

...I wonder whether she thinks I'm doing this (or the English language is doing this) on purpose, just to confuse her :)

It doesn't help that German uses the same adjectives for count and mass nouns (so viele Frosties; so viel Milch). I wonder when she'll get the hang of it

Also in recent loan translations: "The ground was so slippery, and Pandamus slipped out." (= slipped and fell; presumably influenced by "ausrutschen" with its "aus-" prefix).

A public service of Mars

This morning, I bought a bag of Mars brand mini sweets, and found two interesting things on the back:

Clever naschen: Unter www.clever-naschen.de finden Sie interessante und hilfreiche Tipps zum verantwortungsvollen Umgang mit Schokolade und Süßwaren.

(German: Clever snacking: At www.clever-naschen.de, you will find interesting and helpful tips for responsible use of chocolate and sweets.)

Lekker Buiten Spelen: Lekker Buiten Spelen wil kinderen inspireren en stimuleren om meer buiten te spelen. Een belankrijke inspiratiebron is de spellenzoekmachine op de website www.lekkerbuitenspelen.nl. Binnen korte tijd vind je de leukste buitenspeeltips en kan buiten een nieuw spel geprobeerd worden!

"Lekker Buiten Spelen" is een initiatief van Mars Nederland B.V.

(Dutch, my understanding: Fun Playing Outside: Fun Playing Outside wants to inspire and stimulate children to play outside more. An important source of inspiration is the game search engine no the website www.lekkerbuitenspelen.nl. In a short time, you can find the best tips for playing outside and you can try out a new game outside! "Lekker Buiten Spelen" is an initiative of Mars Netherlands B.V.)

Interesting: sweets public service.

zh=ja

The Chinese Wikipedia article on the European "E" road network is funny, since it seems to be mostly in Japanese (and even includes one clause in English near the end).

I wonder whether someone imported it from ja and only translated the odd phrase here or there.