Comments on: HEMA - online winkelen http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/02/02/hema-online-winkelen/ I am an astronomer, writer, and skeptic. I likes reality the way it is, and I aims to keep it that way. My real name is Phil Plait, and I run the Bad Astronomy blog. Sun, 05 Jul 2009 01:23:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: Comércio online mais divertido | Fundamental Vídeo-Conteúdo http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/02/02/hema-online-winkelen/#comment-68153 Comércio online mais divertido | Fundamental Vídeo-Conteúdo Mon, 23 Jun 2008 13:06:23 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/02/02/hema-online-winkelen/#comment-68153 [...] não entendo lhufas de holandês, fiquei em dúvida se era de fato um site de comércio online - neste link tem a resposta, com comentários muito bons também. Dedique três minutinhos de sua vida ao [...] […] não entendo lhufas de holandês, fiquei em dúvida se era de fato um site de comércio online - neste link tem a resposta, com comentários muito bons também. Dedique três minutinhos de sua vida ao […]

]]> By: John Dempster http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/02/02/hema-online-winkelen/#comment-68152 John Dempster Mon, 04 Feb 2008 20:07:36 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/02/02/hema-online-winkelen/#comment-68152 Just to correct "Sereniteit" and there comment. I know there is a problem with federalism in Belgium but "as yet" Flanders hasn't been declared an independent nation and is still part of the kingdom of Belgium. (sorry for being so pedantic) Just to correct “Sereniteit” and there comment.

I know there is a problem with federalism in Belgium but “as yet” Flanders hasn’t been declared an independent nation and is still part of the kingdom of Belgium.

(sorry for being so pedantic)

]]> By: Thomas Siefert http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/02/02/hema-online-winkelen/#comment-68151 Thomas Siefert Mon, 04 Feb 2008 17:39:44 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/02/02/hema-online-winkelen/#comment-68151 On the back of French DVD releases one of the extras often is: "Le making of". :-) No kidding. On the back of French DVD releases one of the extras often is: “Le making of”. :-)
No kidding.

]]> By: Peter http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/02/02/hema-online-winkelen/#comment-68150 Peter Mon, 04 Feb 2008 08:57:12 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/02/02/hema-online-winkelen/#comment-68150 Phil, Don't you have any filter against ads for BJs? Your server does you a disservice. Phil,
Don’t you have any filter against ads for BJs? Your server does you a disservice.

]]> By: Tod http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/02/02/hema-online-winkelen/#comment-68149 Tod Mon, 04 Feb 2008 07:02:55 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/02/02/hema-online-winkelen/#comment-68149 WRT the passing of (american) English words into other languages, I find that the Germans have been the opposite of the French in this regard. When I worked there 15 years ago I encountered such things as "McDrive" (the McDonald's drive-through), airbag, fitness, aerobics, news (as in the Nightly News, instead of the German Nachrichten), and so many more. I'm fairly fluent in German but in the telecom biz my vocabulary was pretty dismal. I found, though, that I would be understood if I simply "germanicized" the English word (that is, applied the appropriate articles, verb endings, etc). The best that I heard, though, was one of my German colleagues speaking about having "upgebacked" (backed up) the day's documentation. For further interesting reading, check this page out: http://tinyurl.com/2gkbvr WRT the passing of (american) English words into other languages, I find that the Germans have been the opposite of the French in this regard. When I worked there 15 years ago I encountered such things as “McDrive” (the McDonald’s drive-through), airbag, fitness, aerobics, news (as in the Nightly News, instead of the German Nachrichten), and so many more. I’m fairly fluent in German but in the telecom biz my vocabulary was pretty dismal. I found, though, that I would be understood if I simply “germanicized” the English word (that is, applied the appropriate articles, verb endings, etc). The best that I heard, though, was one of my German colleagues speaking about having “upgebacked” (backed up) the day’s documentation.

For further interesting reading, check this page out: http://tinyurl.com/2gkbvr

]]> By: JB of Brisbane http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/02/02/hema-online-winkelen/#comment-68148 JB of Brisbane Mon, 04 Feb 2008 05:18:46 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/02/02/hema-online-winkelen/#comment-68148 Re English words making it into other languages: what about FUTBOL? Re English words making it into other languages: what about FUTBOL?

]]> By: Thomas Siefert http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/02/02/hema-online-winkelen/#comment-68129 Thomas Siefert Sun, 03 Feb 2008 21:47:36 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/02/02/hema-online-winkelen/#comment-68129 In a James Bond movie Q demonstrated a portable stereo with a built in bazooka, as he explained to Bond: "We call it a ghetto blaster". I guess the term "Boom Box" could have been used to a similar effect. In a James Bond movie Q demonstrated a portable stereo with a built in bazooka, as he explained to Bond: “We call it a ghetto blaster”.
I guess the term “Boom Box” could have been used to a similar effect.

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