| 1. RANT: Czech-English dictionary compilers |
| Posted by: "Gerald Turner" turner DOT gerald AT gmail DOT com czechin2001 |
| Date: Sat Jan 2, 2010 2:48 am ((PST)) |
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| In the Middle Ages dishonest craftsmen and tradesmen received appropriate punishment when convicted,
e.g. a cheating baker being dragged through the city streets on a sled with the fraudulent bread tied around his neck. |
| Perhaps colleagues might like to devise appropriate punishment for dictionary compilers
who get paid for inserting non-existent English words when they cannot come up with an equivalent.
Today's gem from Langsoft's online dictionary, by courtesy of Seznam.cz: vrstvit se = statity (sic!) |
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| Oh, and a Happy New Year from a snowy Babylon near Domažlice. |
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| Gerry |
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| 130 00 Prague 3 - Žižkov |
| Czech Republic |
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| To see a World in a Grain of Sand |
| And a Heaven in a Wild Flower, |
| Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand |
| And Eternity in an hour. |
