Re: OT: verboten WAS: Insider #59: IDS Express

Also - remember that English derived from the Anglo-SAXONS and was only made complicated when the Normans added French to the court. Hence hound, house, father, mother, etc... And to make things even more messy... After the Norman Conquest, England ended up with King George who was actually Elector of Hanover and couldn't even speak English... "Martin Fuerderer" <MARTINFU@de.ibm.com> wrote in message news:1118223450.a28eb69f23dad2cc835d4861e7413cb1@teranews... > > Hi, > > like the use of English words in German vocabulary > is called "Anglizismus" (or "anglicism"), this is the > corrsponding thing in English, probably called > "germanism" (to coin a phrase ... :) > > There are many examples for "germanisms" in the > English language (where the English language in > general is adopting many words from other languages > with increasing rate). > Some prominent examples are: > - kindergarden (from "Kindergarten") > - zeitgeist > - angst > - ueber... (as in "Jack Welch was an ueber-boss") > - schlepp (from "schleppen") > > I'm always amused when reading such words in > english-language publications, but unfortunately I > keep forgetting them ... > > Cheers, > Martin > -- > Martin Fuerderer > IBM Informix Development Munich, Germany > Information Management > > owner-informix-list@iiug.org wrote on 06/07/2005 09:52:05 PM: > > Interesting, i try to write halfway understandably english and > > americans and canadians write german... > > As an german i would write "forbidden" for "verboten", can anybody me > > explain what is the difference ? > > > > Thanks, > > try_and_err > > > > Christopher schrieb: > > > Art S. Kagel wrote: > > > > IDS Express 10.00 IS IDS 10.00. Only the licensing issues and some > flags > > > > turning off verboten features are changed. Performance on the same > box > > > > configured the same way is the same for IDS WorkGroup Edition, > Express > > > > Edition, or Enterprise Edition. > > > ... > > sending to informix-list