German Word of the Week: Sonntagsfrage

“Wenn am nächsten Sonntag tatsächlich Bundestagswahl wäre, welche der folgenden Parteien würden Sie dann wählen?” (“If the Bundestag election were next Sunday, for which party would you vote?”) asks a typical Sonntagsfrage poll question, asking citizens to envision how they would cast their ballots if the election crept up on them unexpectedly.

Read more in the current German Word of the Week article, published by the German Information Center USA, at http://www.germany.info/Vertretung/usa/en/__pr/GIC/TWIG__WoW/2013/32-Sonntagsfrage.html

"Translators Are a Waste of Space"

Really?

Make sure you watch the whole video at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGYL5sUwr2Q
before you make up your mind!

Leicester accent and dialect undergoing biggest change for decades

See recent article in the Leicester Mercury at http://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/Leicester-accent-undergoing-changes/story-19642610-detail/story.html

Germany Seeks a New Longest Word

This is fascinating, don't you think?
http://www.spiegel.de/international/zeitgeist/germany-seeks-a-new-longest-word-a-903470.html

A slightly more 'sober' report on the issue can be found on the Tagesschau website at
http://www.tagesschau.de/schlusslicht/rekordbandwurmwort100.html