words

still around

sommervogel — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 13:12:53 +0000

Yes, I’m still alive and interested in keeping up this project. I even got 2 wonderful cards lying here that I haven’t managed to put up yet. I hope I can scan them next wednesday. See you then!

un/nu

sommervogel — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 17:08:28 +0000

remember

sommervogel — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 17:00:05 +0000

Robots

sommervogel — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 16:56:14 +0000

Mamihlapinatapai

sommervogel — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 10:30:53 +0000

nest

sommervogel — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 10:19:45 +0000

wish

sommervogel — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 09:43:01 +0000

Summercamp words

sommervogel — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 09:36:51 +0000

This summer, I spent two weeks at two different international summer camps (an Esperanto week in Slovakia and a Loesje camp in Spain) and collected a few words there. (My translations or additions are in italics.)

batocchio (Italian)
It’s a part inside the bell.

caleidoscopio (Spanish “caleidoscope”)

desalniettemin (Dutch “nevertheless”)
klinkt niet alleen zo goed, maar geeft in één woord een tegenspraak na een conclusie/argument (al het voorgaande overwegende)
not only does it sound good, but it also contradicts a conclusion/argument in one word (taking into account all that has been said)

eibofobie (Dutch)
(angst voor palindrooms)
leuk woord, omdat het de angst voor zichzelf omschrift
(fear of palindromes) nice word, because it describes the fear of oneself

guldfisk
ora fiŝo
(Danish) goldfish

kawai
Japana vorto kiu pli malpli signifas beleta, sed verŝajne estas malfacila difini ekzakte tiun vorton
Japanese word which more or less means cute, but it’s probably difficult to define this word exactly

knyppla (Swedish “to knot”?)

palabra
“word” in Spanish

property
not because of the meaning, I just really like how it sounds

one of my favourite German words is
Vielfalt.
This word was the first one i gave Anna-Emilia, a Canadian friend of mine, living in Vienna at that time as a birthday present. The word Vielfalt expresses the meaning of diversity so well to me because the verb falten (= to fold) makes the picture of something small, made out of paper appear in my imagination, that is getting bigger + bigger and more + more diverse when you unfold it. (I still send her words each year)

Finally!

sommervogel — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 09:36:21 +0000

I finally found the time to scan the first postcards I got. I’m very sorry for taking so long. Now I’m back in the Netherlands and found more great cards in my postbox! Thank you all so much! I have to find a possibility to scan here, then they’ll be put online as well.

Enjoy!

Thank you!

sommervogel — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 15:51:27 +0000

Mary, Glenn, “Lindenhof” people, thank you so much for your postcards! Lisa, I’m looking forward to yours (haven’t looked at your blog yet, want to keep it a surprise.)

Unfortunately, I can’t scan right now (no uni), but I hope I’ll be able to put the cards online in august at the latest.