M.N.X. and 2012

A quick note on two things that somehow appeared and I couldn’t help sharing with you, lieber Reader. The attached video shows a sketch playing with letters. It’s quite self explanatory, so I am not going to elaborate on that one. English - German: 1:0.

The second thing might sound completely out of context, but speaking of a superiority of English compared to German I want to point out how stupid for example 2012 sounds in German. If you want to say the short form (that all people born before ca. 1997 remember) of 2012 you say zwanzig zwölf. Sounds stupid, huh? The English way on the other hand sounds quite elegant and natural: twenty twelve.

Too bad things like that hardly work in German. English - German: 2:0.

If you now feel bad for German, check out my entry on the tohobohu in the English language.