[dpassens]

> Some thoughts are too complex for English.

English just adopts all the good German words. Every time I, a native German speaker, have struggled to express something in English it was either because my personal vocabulary was lacking or because of societal differences, never because English is somehow inferior.

[davrosthedalek]

And German has adopted all the good English words.

Like Handy (cell phone), Beamer (projector), and body bag (fanny bag).

Oh wait....

[dpassens]

I've never heard a fanny pack called a body bag in German. It's a Bauchtasche in my family.

[davrosthedalek]

Might have been a regional thing. But I think there was an ad on tv... Didn't live long, was too embarrassing :)

Of course Handy is Schwaebisch: Ai handy kai Schnurr?

[b3orn]

Bodybag is more like a messenger bag.