http://blog.notanendive.org/ Cross country, across cultures. en Mon, 30 Oct 2023 14:01:38 +0100 © notafish http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Dotclear http://blog.notanendive.org/post/2013/05/05/how-speaking-too-many-languages-is-limiting#c19435 urn:md5:0107c6c9165b9d8158fb724c51321e5b Sun, 05 May 2013 23:28:30 +0200 notafish <p>@Eugene I think you have a point, with the kids, I've come to this conclusion too, but it really only is true for a bit of my not writing. ;)</p> <p>@Patricio I saw this when not too long ago, you explained a word you used in a Facebook status (the one about the basketball player). :)</p> http://blog.notanendive.org/post/2013/05/05/how-speaking-too-many-languages-is-limiting#c19420 urn:md5:607ca85c72a7743055140b1a09be799b Sun, 05 May 2013 16:50:28 +0200 Patricio <p>True. I realize that I've stopped tweetting because of the different audiences (in languages and in interests). And sometimes, when I update my Facebook status in plain Argentinian Spanish, I fear the risk of misunderstandings.</p> http://blog.notanendive.org/post/2013/05/05/how-speaking-too-many-languages-is-limiting#c19419 urn:md5:e9943ff70c255d0e40485bc4f8102005 Sun, 05 May 2013 16:36:34 +0200 Eugene Eric Kim <p>I get what you're saying. Classic paradox of choice. Options can be paralyzing. So I'm glad you're going to just work through it and write, even if that means I won't be able to understand all of it!</p> <p>That said, I can't help but think that having two kids might also have had something to do with your lower output. :-)</p> http://blog.notanendive.org/post/2012/02/12/madame-und-monsieur-kann-man-auf-deutsch-nicht-ansprechen#c7645 urn:md5:2ad4f4771fa252ff0b82607105f90896 Mon, 20 Feb 2012 10:32:23 +0100 Cornelius <p>Also um gerade unbekannte Personen zu rufen, verwenden viele ja noch ein Adjektiv dazu. "Junger Herr", "Junge Dame/Frau" ist, so finde ich, sehr geläufig und wird auch in der oben von dir beschriebenen Situation verwendet.</p> http://blog.notanendive.org/post/2012/02/12/madame-und-monsieur-kann-man-auf-deutsch-nicht-ansprechen#c7103 urn:md5:0585bbeb91e8b5ec29afa4fce1e46fc5 Fri, 17 Feb 2012 11:39:19 +0100 chaosblog <p>Für das Bier füge ich noch ein Ober hinzu :) - also eine Berufsbezeichnung o.ä.<br /> "Herr Ober, bitte noch ein Bier."</p> http://blog.notanendive.org/post/2012/02/12/madame-und-monsieur-kann-man-auf-deutsch-nicht-ansprechen#c7099 urn:md5:660a45be9bb0ae1ca222200d04ce758a Sun, 12 Feb 2012 14:14:11 +0100 notafish <p>Ah, cool, das funktionniert für Hallo sagen, aber für "Monsieur ! Ich möchte noch ein Bier.", geht das nicht wirklich oder? "Der Herr! Ich möchte ein Bier bitte"... :D</p> http://blog.notanendive.org/post/2012/02/12/madame-und-monsieur-kann-man-auf-deutsch-nicht-ansprechen#c7098 urn:md5:3119ea0e6281c5d27d455040e9a0de8f Sun, 12 Feb 2012 12:48:36 +0100 chaosblog <p>Bis jetzt hatte ich mir da nie wirklich Gedanken drüber gemacht. Ich habe es bisher immer mit Herr und Dame gelöst, allerdings mit einem Artikel davor.<br /> Also z.B. "Guten Tag der Herr" bzw. "Guten Tag die Dame".</p> http://blog.notanendive.org/post/2008/04/23/Chosing-a-name%3A-the-first-name#c3534 urn:md5:9f8af97cb340bac9e664cea030b13d67 Sun, 28 Sep 2008 17:02:43 +0200 notafish <p>Tom, please go ahead :-). This said, Daniel is one of those names which work for both sex. Well, the feminine version has got a few "e" more, but still. That's another thing to consider. Think about Nikola, which is a woman's name in German, but a masculine name in so many other languages. This whole name business is tough, I tell ya.</p> http://blog.notanendive.org/post/2008/04/23/Chosing-a-name%3A-the-first-name#c3533 urn:md5:dab7642e3ce7b67e86dfc467533d9453 Thu, 25 Sep 2008 18:39:34 +0200 Tom Rakewell <p>One of my friends is from a German-Polish family. He was educated in France, where he got his baccalauréat, and he attended the University of Texas at Austin. His wife is Chinese; they live in Luxembourg. So basically he was confronted with the same issue as yours for his first-born. They chose 'Daniel'. I'll suggest 'Emma' if ever they have a girl.</p>