From: Josef 'Jupp' Schugt Date: 2003-05-09T07:23:10+09:00 Subject: Re: Symbiosis offer: trade Ruby for German :-) Saluton! * Stefan Schmiedl ; 2003-05-08, 17:24 UTC: > In his otherwise excellent bilingual mail Jupp used > "installfest" with the German word "Fest" in the English part, > and "Installparty" with the English word "party" in the German. Surprise, surprise: That was not a mistake. Gro�e �berraschung: Das war kein Fehler The correct term *is* 'installfest'. You are probably confusing the German word 'Fest' and the english SUFFIX '-fest'. Let me quote from Webster's New Encyclopedic Dictionary: '-fest' combining form: meeting or occasion marked by (such) activity The English use of 'fest' differs form the one in German. That is not uncommon. A well-known difference is the one between German 'Blitz' and English 'blitz'. German 'Blitz' means 'lightning' whereas English 'blitz' is a short form of the English word 'blitzkrieg' (that in turn has the same meaning as its German counterpart). Some time ago someone showing off his German did use the word 'blitz' in a mail to me and was surprised to read my answer: 'German or English meaning?' (both versions made sense in the specific context). Gis, Josef 'Jupp' Schugt -- e-mails that do not contain plain text, are larger than 50 KiB, are unsolicited, or contain binarys are ignored unless payment from your side or technical reasons give rise to a non-standard treatment.