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Thinking of foreign words, loan words used in English, borrowed from teh French, Japanese, Germans and Koreans. I hope you have a day full of joie de vivre. Add to your wishlist or bucket list (things to do before you kick the bucket ie die):
1 Visit a Bauhaus Museum in Tel Aviv, Israel or
2 See Bauhaus buildings in Germany, and
3 Visit the
Finish your day with a class of Judo or taekwando, or enjoy karaoke. Meanwhile, enjoy reading this article while munching a lunch of sushi and soy sauce from supermarkets worldwide.
French
joie de vivre - the joy(s) of life
Korean
taekwando (martial art)
German
alphorn (musical instrument you see in orchestras)
Bauhaus (architecture style from German, also in Tel Aviv, like Art deco, angular, flat rooftops)
geist - ghost
gestalt (meaning the whole is more than the sum of the parts)
glockenspeil - clock which makes a sound of chime. Spiel is game. See Glockenspiel museum in Salzberg, Austria, or a glockenspiel at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.
hinterland - back country
kaput - broken, not functioning
kitsch - tacky but popular
leitmotiv (a recurring theme in music)
quartz
(That's ten German words!)
umlaut (meaning double dot above letters)
Zeppelin, airship containing hydrogen, first for delivering post (mail), then military, used by German in WWI, later in the USA for both military, and popular with passengers, but that ended with the Hindenburg disaster in 1937 when one caught fire horrifically. You can still see the video and hear the shocked commentator.
(That's twelve German words you know already!)
Japanese
bonsai (small trees)
geisha (female entertainer)
haiku (poetry style with syllable counts)
judo (martial art)
jujitsu (martial art)
kamikaze (suicidal pilot in wartime)
karaoke (singing)
kimono (Long Japanese lady's wrap-around dress with wide sleeves)
rickshaw - hand-pulled passenger cart / seat, often three-wheeled, nowadays revived for tourists
samurai (Japanese knight)
(That's ten Japanese words you know already!)
shiitake mushrooms (long thin stems and small heads)
soy
Sumo wrestler (large fat men on weight-increasing diets)
sushi (snack)
tofu (vegetarian)
(That's fifteen!)
tsunami (harbour wave)
yukata (light summer kimono)
(That's 17 Japanese words you know already!)
USEFUL WEBSITES ON LANGUAGES
INFO / WEBSITES ON TRAVEL
AUSTRIA
Glockenspiel Museum in Salzberg, Austria. (See their website or Tripadvisor.)
GERMANY
Several Bauhaus buildings and museums.
ISRAEL
Bauhaus Museum, Tel Aviv, Israel.
For tourism info contact IGTO Israel Government Tourist Office in London, England.
USA
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York - see glockenspiel.
Learn about kimonos, see bonsai and eat Japanese food in the Cornell Café at:
morikami.org
Morikami Japanese Museum and Gardens
Florida
USA
For admission charges and times see their website
MY OTHER POSTS YOU WILL LIKE
Author
Angela Lansbury, travel writer and photographer, author and speaker.
Please share links to your favourite posts.
Thinking of foreign words, loan words used in English, borrowed from teh French, Japanese, Germans and Koreans. I hope you have a day full of joie de vivre. Add to your wishlist or bucket list (things to do before you kick the bucket ie die):
1 Visit a Bauhaus Museum in Tel Aviv, Israel or
2 See Bauhaus buildings in Germany, and
3 Visit the
Finish your day with a class of Judo or taekwando, or enjoy karaoke. Meanwhile, enjoy reading this article while munching a lunch of sushi and soy sauce from supermarkets worldwide.
French
joie de vivre - the joy(s) of life
Korean
taekwando (martial art)
Bauhaus Museum, Tel Aviv, Israel.
English: Bauhaus Museum, Tel Aviv
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alphorn (musical instrument you see in orchestras)
Bauhaus (architecture style from German, also in Tel Aviv, like Art deco, angular, flat rooftops)
geist - ghost
gestalt (meaning the whole is more than the sum of the parts)
glockenspeil - clock which makes a sound of chime. Spiel is game. See Glockenspiel museum in Salzberg, Austria, or a glockenspiel at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.
hinterland - back country
kaput - broken, not functioning
kitsch - tacky but popular
leitmotiv (a recurring theme in music)
quartz
(That's ten German words!)
umlaut (meaning double dot above letters)
Zeppelin, airship containing hydrogen, first for delivering post (mail), then military, used by German in WWI, later in the USA for both military, and popular with passengers, but that ended with the Hindenburg disaster in 1937 when one caught fire horrifically. You can still see the video and hear the shocked commentator.
(That's twelve German words you know already!)
Japanese
bonsai (small trees)
geisha (female entertainer)
haiku (poetry style with syllable counts)
judo (martial art)
jujitsu (martial art)
kamikaze (suicidal pilot in wartime)
karaoke (singing)
kimono (Long Japanese lady's wrap-around dress with wide sleeves)
rickshaw - hand-pulled passenger cart / seat, often three-wheeled, nowadays revived for tourists
samurai (Japanese knight)
(That's ten Japanese words you know already!)
shiitake mushrooms (long thin stems and small heads)
soy
Sumo wrestler (large fat men on weight-increasing diets)
sushi (snack)
tofu (vegetarian)
(That's fifteen!)
tsunami (harbour wave)
yukata (light summer kimono)
(That's 17 Japanese words you know already!)
USEFUL WEBSITES ON LANGUAGES
INFO / WEBSITES ON TRAVEL
AUSTRIA
Glockenspiel Museum in Salzberg, Austria. (See their website or Tripadvisor.)
GERMANY
Several Bauhaus buildings and museums.
ISRAEL
Bauhaus Museum, Tel Aviv, Israel.
For tourism info contact IGTO Israel Government Tourist Office in London, England.
USA
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York - see glockenspiel.
Learn about kimonos, see bonsai and eat Japanese food in the Cornell Café at:
morikami.org
Morikami Japanese Museum and Gardens
Florida
USA
For admission charges and times see their website
MY OTHER POSTS YOU WILL LIKE
Author
Angela Lansbury, travel writer and photographer, author and speaker.
Please share links to your favourite posts.
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