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A linguistics professor was lecturing to her class one day. “In English,” she said, “A double negative forms a positive. In some languages, though, such as Russian, a double negative is still a negative. However, there is no language wherein a double positive can form a negative.”
A voice from the back of the room piped up, “Yeah . . .right.”

Source: http://www.enginesofmischief.com/makers/evan/humor/doublenegative.html

The Meaning of Valar Morghulis in Ramadhan

Now that Ramadhan is almost over it became obvious to me that “Valar Morghulis” must also mean “والله 먹어 less” 😛

Sometimes I’m scared to see how my brain combines things. o.O

Rindfleischetikettierungsüberwachungsaufgabenübertragungsgesetz

Das derzeit längste deutsche Wort wird abgeschafft:

Rindfleischetikettierungsüberwachungsaufgabenübertragungsgesetz

System Administrators

System administrators are like janitors for the Internet. They have keys to everything, they make sure you’re warm and safe and if they do their job well you won’t even know they’re there.

… and like all people keeping infrastructure running they are grossly under-payed. 😉

Schaffenskraft

Schaffenskraft

Ein weiteres schönes Wort, das zu selten verwendet wird. 🙁

The Definition of Cloud

cloud, n.
mythical place where all the unloved data is brought

Update:
The Oxford English Dictionary has already been notified about this omission. 😉