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Patrick Wirbeleit's avatar

Do you actually use rucksack instead of backpack? Is that another German word that slipped into your language?

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stan cullimore's avatar

Ooh, didn't know that was a German word. Excellent work that man! ps. are there any german words that are used for angstfreuden type emotions?

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Patrick Wirbeleit's avatar

I was already thinking about this. But nothing that sprung to my mind immediately. There might be something in the German translation of 'The Meaning of Liff'. 😅 If I cannot come up with a better one - I'll adopt Angstfreuden into my own vocabulary.

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Susan Clemens's avatar

That’s kind of the way I feel about the dentist!

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stan cullimore's avatar

Excellent example. Perfect bit of angstfreuden right there!

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stan cullimore's avatar

BTW - sorry about the hideous typo towards the end there (as against they're. Yikes.) I blame the bastard child of technology, auto correct.

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