Wednesday, 13 October 2010

Setzen, sechs!

Wednesday, 13 October 2010 08:43
pne: A picture of a plush toy, halfway between a duck and a platypus, with a green body and a yellow bill and feet. (Default)

I’m surprised that the domain setzen-sechs.de isn’t registered; it seemed like an obvious place for something related to schools (perhaps for rating teachers or criticising the educational system, or merely a humorous blog of some kind).

(“Setzen, sechs!” means roughly, “That answer rates an F [literally: a 6]! You may sit down again now.”)

pne: A picture of a plush toy, halfway between a duck and a platypus, with a green body and a yellow bill and feet. (Default)

If you’ve ever wondered why it’s “halten: es hielt; tragen: er trug; leiden: er litt” but “halten: es beinhaltete; beantragen: er beantragte; bemitleiden: er bemitleidete” (and not “*beinhielt, *beantrug, *bemitlitt”), Dr Bopp has the answer.

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