Comments on: Words of 2012 round-up http://blog.oup.com/2013/01/words-of-2012-round-up/ Academic insights for the thinking world. Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:31:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: Thomas Hanke http://blog.oup.com/2013/01/words-of-2012-round-up/#comment-351358 Thomas Hanke Thu, 24 Jan 2013 11:02:36 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/?p=31748#comment-351358 Well, apparently Spiegel Online haven't tried to explain that in English. Rettungsschirm, e.g., is much more common. (Print) Spiegel used that Routine once, in 1975 (link on wiki page) http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wort_des_Jahres has some more exotic Germanic languages – I understand 3 out of 15 Saxonian words ... Well, apparently Spiegel Online haven’t tried to explain that in English. Rettungsschirm, e.g., is much more common. (Print) Spiegel used that Routine once, in 1975 (link on wiki page)
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wort_des_Jahres has some more exotic Germanic languages – I understand 3 out of 15 Saxonian words …

]]> By: Thomas http://blog.oup.com/2013/01/words-of-2012-round-up/#comment-351344 Thomas Thu, 24 Jan 2013 10:49:55 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/?p=31748#comment-351344 The 'fun' issue with Rettungsroutine is that it is nearly unheard of so far in the intended sense of roughly 'standard procedure of (political/financial/…) rescue'. I'd bet that most English WOTY are better known in Germany. It's been mainly used in criticism by few politicians, afak inside Merkel's coalition. It's easy to take that as a political act on its own. There should be an English Spiegel article on that. The ‘fun’ issue with Rettungsroutine is that it is nearly unheard of so far in the intended sense of roughly ‘standard procedure of (political/financial/…) rescue’. I’d bet that most English WOTY are better known in Germany.
It’s been mainly used in criticism by few politicians, afak inside Merkel’s coalition.
It’s easy to take that as a political act on its own.
There should be an English Spiegel article on that.

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]]> By: Hush, Little Hashtag: the use of technology as personal names | Diane Dechief http://blog.oup.com/2013/01/words-of-2012-round-up/#comment-344533 Hush, Little Hashtag: the use of technology as personal names | Diane Dechief Wed, 16 Jan 2013 17:37:35 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/?p=31748#comment-344533 [...] increasing, imprint of technology on our day-to-day language. The image-link above is to OUPblog’s aggregation of words of the year for 2012 and from it, you can see that the words GIF and hashtag– key nouns in online [...] [...] increasing, imprint of technology on our day-to-day language. The image-link above is to OUPblog’s aggregation of words of the year for 2012 and from it, you can see that the words GIF and hashtag– key nouns in online [...]

]]> By: This Week’s Language Blog Roundup: Passings, words of the year, foreign words | Wordnik http://blog.oup.com/2013/01/words-of-2012-round-up/#comment-340524 This Week’s Language Blog Roundup: Passings, words of the year, foreign words | Wordnik Fri, 11 Jan 2013 15:30:26 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/?p=31748#comment-340524 [...] should say. Color Robert Lane Greene #unimpressed. For a great roundup of words of 2012, check out Alice Northover’s post at the OUP [...] [...] should say. Color Robert Lane Greene #unimpressed. For a great roundup of words of 2012, check out Alice Northover’s post at the OUP [...]

]]> By: Alice http://blog.oup.com/2013/01/words-of-2012-round-up/#comment-338430 Alice Tue, 08 Jan 2013 20:32:48 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/?p=31748#comment-338430 Hi @Narrative and Folk Psychology, Could you suggest a more accurate translation of "Rettungsroutine"? Always happy to hear from language experts! Thank you, Blog editor Alice Hi @Narrative and Folk Psychology,

Could you suggest a more accurate translation of “Rettungsroutine”?
Always happy to hear from language experts!

Thank you,
Blog editor Alice

]]> By: Narrative and Folk Psychology http://blog.oup.com/2013/01/words-of-2012-round-up/#comment-338398 Narrative and Folk Psychology Tue, 08 Jan 2013 19:37:12 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/?p=31748#comment-338398 I don't think that routine rescue really translates to Rettungsroutine. I don’t think that routine rescue really translates to Rettungsroutine.

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