Brother Sun, Sister Moon

[Pukka Sahib]

This is a true story -well documented - in every detail.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tBJSBNj0Mnk

[MrPots]

You have video goodness so it must be true.

[Pio1980]

Those of us without Youtube have no idea what this is about.

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[bobabode]

Originally Posted by Pio1980

Those of us without Youtube have no idea what this is about.

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A movie http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brother_Sun,_Sister_Moon

[Pukka Sahib]

The allusion to "Brother Sun" and "Sister Moon" is taken from the Canticle of the Sun that was composed by St. Francis in 1224.

[HarmanKardon]

I cannot watch the video due to another fucking Copyright issue, German youtube is very often such a Scheissdreck.

Anyway - in German the sun is female - "Die Sonne" - and the moon is male - "Der Mond" - which makes no sense because the moon has a female recepitve character. In French and other languages it is correct. "Le Soleil", "La Lune".

German is an extremely precise language, and therefore scientists like German. But in this case other languages are better.

[BlueStreak]

Isn't German, to some extent, a collection of descriptive terms? I always thought that's how all of those long words that I see in technical manuals come about.

For example; Einspritzzylinder or Rundschalttisch ------ In English; injection cylinder and rotary indexing table.

Or is it the other way around? Germans have invented words for what are descriptive terms in English?

Dave

[finnbow]

Originally Posted by BlueStreak

Isn't German, to some extent, a collection of descriptive terms? I always thought that's how all of those long words that I see in technical manuals come about.

For example; Einspritzzylinder or Rundschalttisch ------ In English; injection cylinder and rotary indexing table.

Or is it the other way around? Germans have invented words for what are descriptive terms in English?

Dave

In effect, all they do is remove the space between the words. What's nice about technical German is that the compound words are indeed descriptive using Germanic roots, as opposed to the hodgepodge of Latin, Greek and other roots we use in words. Another nice thing is that everything is pronounced how it is spelled and spelled how it is pronounced (unlike English). German is a very regular language, compared to the irregularities of English. German vocabulary is easier than English. German grammar, OTOH, is more difficult.

[donquixote99]

I'll always remember the time at the picnic with cousin Venus.

[HarmanKardon]

Originally Posted by finnbow

In effect, all they do is remove the space between the words. What's nice about technical German is that the compound words are indeed descriptive using Germanic roots, as opposed to the hodgepodge of Latin, Greek and other roots we use in words. Another nice thing is that everything is pronounced how it is spelled and spelled how it is pronounced (unlike English). German is a very regular language, compared to the irregularities of English. German vocabulary is easier than English. German grammar, OTOH, is more difficult.

Sometimes I get the impression that English is a very poor language but when I think of "Leaves Of Grass" I see that I am wrong.