Friday, January 10, 2014

Thursday, January 9, 2014

Jugendfilm: Die Bruecke, Oscar Gewinner

Habt ihr diesen Film aus 1959 gesehen?

Dieser Film zeigt den Krieg von einer Jugendperspektive.

Sunday, January 5, 2014

Germany's Southwestern dialect: Alemanisch

Listen to the many sounds of Alemanisch provided by the Muettersproch Gsellschaft!

HIER IST A VERY COOL LINK TO HOW 14 SENTENCES ARE PRONOUNCED FROM FREIBURG IN SOUTHERN BADEN WÜRTEMBERG TO NW SWITZERLAND 
(the regions for the sources for both the Rhein and Donau rivers).

Here are the English versions of the sentences they share with us:

1.  Here we can also speak Alemanisch.
2.  It's starting to rain.
3.  Come on down, there's someone here.
4.  You mustn't believe everything that people say.
5.  There over the narrow creek is a tall tree.
6.  You've added to little salt to the potatoes. They're completely .....
7.  I'm going apple-picking.
8.  Come here. There are blueberries and raspberries.
9.  The cellar is dark, but the floor is dry.
10.  We eat corn salad and red cabbage with a fork.
11.  They celebrated the parish fair like a wedding.
12.  You should leave her alone.
13.  In the little room are flowers which should be watered.
14.  Don't be so curious.  You'll be able to see it a thousand times.


Saturday, January 4, 2014

Understanding Dialects: Let's Start by exploring dialects in the USA!

Joshua Katz at NC State has put together dialect maps in the USA.

On his website, you can learn where you best fit in as an English speaker.  (I found it interesting.)

A link at the top of this site 
JOSHUA KATZ MAPS USA DIALECTS
brings you to 122 questions from a Harvard study on pronunciation, the results of which are illustrated by Katz.

HERE'S THE LINK TO THE NEW SURVEY OF DIALECTS

One surprise for me was to learn that several phrases I thought I'd picked up north of Boston were attributed primarily to speakers in Madison Wisconsin. 

Friday, January 3, 2014

BBC: Angela Merkel

The extraordinary story behind the public image ...



"She matters more to our future than ... 95% of British politicians."  Program Host

You'll hear Wagner's music throughout. 

Digital Grotesque: Kunst mit 3D Drucker vom Voxeljet aus Augsburg



From Newsweek:  Jan 3, 2014 Issue 

...The printer, designed by the German company Voxeljet, can etch with accuracy up to .13 mm layer resolution, meaning that it can essentially replicate the handiwork - if not the divine inspiration - of a master Renaissance craftsman. Hence the Grotto's ubiquitous folds, curves, and contortions, which look like the ancient growths of an alabaster cave.

...Hansmeyer and Dillenburger spent a year crafting the algorithms that would create 260 million baroque surfaces in this exhibition. 

 

Wednesday, January 1, 2014

Deutsch lernen mit Deutsche Welle: Einshoch6: Bandtagebuch



Wer macht was?
  • Kurt Achatz
  • Tobbz Baum
  • Lorenz Blaumer
  • Jakob Haas
  • Sabastian Hollunder
  • Andreas Hiermeyer
  • Thomas Sporrer
  • Carl Amadeus Hiller
Schön, dass Untertitel dabei sind, nicht wahr?  (Isn't that great that they use subtitles?)