A word for everything
Saturday, August 4th, 2012 06:03 pmTreasure from the FFL:
"The countries of the world in their own languages and scripts; with official names, capitals, flags, coats of arms, political divisions, national anthems, and translations of the countries and capitals into many languages"
I am enchanted to discover that in Saterland Frisian, Wednesday is 'Midwiek'. And no, it never occurred to me that the German Mittwoch is the same thing. For closely related languages, German and English have very little in common that I can see.
"The countries of the world in their own languages and scripts; with official names, capitals, flags, coats of arms, political divisions, national anthems, and translations of the countries and capitals into many languages"
I am enchanted to discover that in Saterland Frisian, Wednesday is 'Midwiek'. And no, it never occurred to me that the German Mittwoch is the same thing. For closely related languages, German and English have very little in common that I can see.
