the english Laberthread (the fine british way!)

[Basinator]

(09.05.2021)HeavyMetalNeverDies! schrieb:  Brits are crazy. Calling an elevator a "lift". Who in the right mind does that? Speaking of right... those crazy people do drive on left side of the road. That's weird. Das Pferd weird.

Do you even lift?

[Crash Override]

(09.05.2021)Basinator schrieb:  

(09.05.2021)HeavyMetalNeverDies! schrieb:  Brits are crazy. Calling an elevator a "lift". Who in the right mind does that? Speaking of right... those crazy people do drive on left side of the road. That's weird. Das Pferd weird.

Do you even lift?

Do you even

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Well, then "lifting" must be "excessively driving/using elevators" in britain

[Dominik-Man]

(09.05.2021)Crash Override schrieb:  

(09.05.2021)Basinator schrieb:  

(09.05.2021)HeavyMetalNeverDies! schrieb:  Brits are crazy. Calling an elevator a "lift". Who in the right mind does that? Speaking of right... those crazy people do drive on left side of the road. That's weird. Das Pferd weird.

Do you even lift?

Do you even

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Well, then "lifting" must be "excessively driving/using elevators" in britain

Ok, that was a good one!

[Ayu]

Every summer I wonder why sunscreen is called sunscreen and not suncream like in german, after all it ain't a screen.

[LittleMissDevil]

People in englisch speaking countries don't use the word "cream" to describe any type of lotion or skin care, so it wouldn't really make sense for them to do it here.

[Ayu]

If it was for that, I don't think they would use the terms day cream, night cream, anti-ageing cream, bb cream, and so on which they do.

[LittleMissDevil]

Oh yeah, forgot about those. Nevermind.

[Markus]

(22.06.2021)Ayu schrieb:  Every summer I wonder why sunscreen is called sunscreen and not suncream like in german, after all it ain't a screen.  

I guess, it's meant to be a universal term for all kinds of products, that protect you from the sun. After all, there is more available than 'just' cream. You can also get oil, spray, lotion, gel, foam...

This also gets reflected in some English-German dictionaries. There, you will find "Sonnenschutz" or even "Sonnenschutzmittel" as the most appropriate translation. Makes sense. After all, there is no way of telling, if someone talking about "sunscreen" refers to a cream or something else. Thus, translating it as "Sonnencreme" would be too specific. The broader term "Sonnenschutz" leaves more room for variation.

Also, according to the Oxford Dictionary, the term "sun cream" actually does exist in English. It is just uncommon to use it.

[Ayu]

Hearing the term I would rather associate it with the protective covers for your car windows rather than the lotion. Since my last post, I started some research on that subject, and apparently it's called sunscreen because they categorize those protective lotions by two types; sunscreen absorbs UV rays whereas sunblock prevents them from entering, sun cream and lotion could refer to either.

[Lorenor Nightmare]

Before i spoke english in 2017 for the first time, i always thought i could never learn this language. i always thought i would be to dumb for that, but in 2016 i had finally the motivation to learn english. i watched mlp fim in english and i also, watched a lot of english youtube videos in 2016 during that time. it took me a while to understand the english words and sentences, but after a while i was finally able to understand this language. and one year later in 2017 i was finally ready, to speak english for the first time and it was great. i made youtube videos back in that time, because i thought this could be the best way, to find out how good my english really is and it was very good. i am still so glad that i had the motivation, to learn this great language and i am also so glad that i taught it myself.

[Crash Override]

... even in english did you fail with the punctuation. Seems hopeless; but, i can say, that even a lot of americans can't even write english good enough - and no, i don't even try to look at other things like grammar or writing mistakes from your text. The only thing what i can say is: that you wrote "too german"... And that isn't a bad thing.

[Dominik-Man]

Another evening, another day done. There are a lot of tests coming up for me in the next few weeks, but it's ok, it's getting close to the exams. And the good thing is, I don't have to go to school on friday! Only learning at home, which I always prefer because I learn better at home than in school. And the weekend will be nice, because on friday, the UCS AT-AT is finally launching! It's brutally expensive, but I can't help myself, I waited for this a long time! So, enjoy your evening, guys!

[Ayu]

Today I was trying to find an old background graphic I made for one of my websites ages ago with the help of archive.org. Surprisingly, while digging around the archives, I found even more websites I made that I couldn't even remember anymore to have made including my old guild forum. Seeing the names of old friends that I'm no longer in contact with made me feel quite nostalgic for those simpler times of the internet.

Sites might vanish, but the memories and friends we made along the way will stay in our hearts forever.

Also I'm glad my english improved over the years, reading those posts of almost 20 years ago made me cringe.