Tag: Oddities
“Kjökkenmödding”, “phlox”… The “oddities” of the French language listed in a book by a student from Strasbourg
When he sees the word “Kjökkenmödding” appear on his computer screen, Mickaël Schauli bugs. Literally. We are at the beginning of the year 2021, and the 19-year-old young man is…
SZ column "Best things": Cried to the end
UK supermarkets now have onions that are not supposed to cause tears. At least not when cutting. .source site
Five cats are warming themselves at the Elon Musk satellite dish – Panorama
Technological inventions now and then have positive side effects that go beyond their actual purpose. The light bulb, for example, has reduced the number of house fires caused by tipped…
Donkey is the pet of the year 2022 – Panorama
He is constantly being used as an insult, completely wrongly. But now the donkey with the freestyle for “Pet of the Year” is finally given the honor it deserves. Who…
Calatrava Bridge in Venice is a bad design – panorama
Bridge building seems to be an entirely positive proposition. Those who build bridges mediate between cultures or disputes, overcome gaps and rifts, stand up against racism and for better understanding.…
Greetings: A question of distance
We have long got used to “Fist Bump”, elbow checks and Asian bowing in Corona times. Sometimes these gestures go wrong, as with Angela Merkel and Boris Johnson. So what?…
One-year-old dresses up as Queen Elizabeth II – Panorama
A cup of Earl Gray, scratching corgis, listening to the news on BBC, doing crosswords in the Daily Telegraph solve, then skim through fan mail, finally sign the government papers…
New Year’s Eve: FDP politicians show their rockets – Panorama
The fact that among people who describe themselves as “pyromancers” there are occasionally also “pyromaniacs” should not be ruled out here. The FDP politician Wolfgang Kubicki, for example, can be…
Names and professions: “The lame is lame again” – Panorama
“Nomen est omen” is what they say. But is that also true? The Swiss psychiatrist Carl Gustav Jung, the founder of analytical psychology, pointed out in his book “The Relationships…
Berlin: Office makes an unusual Christmas present – panorama
2021 was not the year of the Berlin administration. The federal election was organized so chaotically that false ballot papers were displayed, telephones did not go and in the end…