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Jagdrüsselmopsmixwelpen

- Mai 09, 2020

Perlen des Lokaljournalismus

Rauchwarnmelder-Montage

- Mai 08, 2020

Wenn ein Gerät installiert beziehungsweise montiert wird, das vor Rauch warnt und selbigen auch noch meldet: die Rauchwarnmelder-Montage

Mark Twain

Some German words are so long that they have a perspective. Observe these examples:

Freundschaftsbezeigungen.
Dilettantenaufdringlichkeiten.
Stadtverordnetenversammlungen.

These things are not words, they are alphabetical processions. And they are not rare; one can open a German newspaper at any time and see them marching majestically across the page -- and if he has any imagination he can see the banners and hear the music, too.

They impart a martial thrill to the meekest subject. I take a great interest in these curiosities. Whenever I come across a good one, I stuff it and put it in my museum. In this way I have made quite a valuable collection. When I get duplicates, I exchange with other collectors, and thus increase the variety of my stock. Here are some specimens which I lately bought at an auction sale of the effects of a bankrupt bric-a-brac hunter:

Generalstaatsverordnetenversammlungen.
Alterthumswissenschaften.
Kinderbewahrungsanstalten.
Unabhaengigkeitserklaerungen.
Wiedererstellungbestrebungen.
Waffenstillstandsunterhandlungen.

(Appendix D from Twain's 1880 book A Tramp Abroad)