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Topic: Shuttle cancel - Gemütlichkeit!
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eurospace Member Posts: 2610 From: Brussels, Belgium Registered: Dec 2000
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posted 04-12-2007 08:33 AM
A special postmark featuring the space shuttle in front of what seems a celestial body is being used at Melbourne, Florida, on 13 - 15 April 2007. The name of the station is "Gemutlichkeit Station". This spelling leaves out the umlaut on the "u" (Gemütlichkeit) (I have to say that, as a German, no?). Also, would you consider the shuttle as a showcase for Gemütlichkeit? Well, you don't discuss taste ... Address for sending in your covers: Gemutlichkeit Station USPS POstmaster P.O. Box 141 Melbourne, FL 32902-9998 Jürgen ------------------ Jürgen P Esders Berlin, Germany http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Astroaddies |
micropooz Member Posts: 1512 From: Washington, DC, USA Registered: Apr 2003
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posted 04-12-2007 12:06 PM
Hey Jurgen-I have to say this as an ignorant American - what's Gemuchtlichleit (sorry about not putting in the umlaut)? DD |
eurospace Member Posts: 2610 From: Brussels, Belgium Registered: Dec 2000
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posted 04-12-2007 02:17 PM
Well, since this postmarker has been initiated by Americans, there are probably a few who know this term. Perhaps there are more people with German roots in Florida than there are at Washington D.C.Gemütlichkeit is almost as untranslatable as is Heimat, Oktoberfest, Lederhose, etc. ;-) Snugness or sociability or coziness as appropriate terms, my online dictionary suggests. Would you say the shuttle is snug or cozy? ------------------ Jürgen P Esders Berlin, Germany http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Astroaddies |
micropooz Member Posts: 1512 From: Washington, DC, USA Registered: Apr 2003
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posted 04-12-2007 06:15 PM
Hehehe - now Mercury or Gemini could have been called snug & cozy, but Shuttle? Now I understand the dichotomy. | |
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