Comments on: Making steel generates heat https://www.thduggie.com/thduggies_blog/2013/making-steel-generates-heat thoughts and family activities in an industrial suburb Thu, 20 Jun 2013 20:04:05 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.7 By: Linda Wightman https://www.thduggie.com/thduggies_blog/2013/making-steel-generates-heat#comment-199665 Thu, 20 Jun 2013 20:04:05 +0000 http://www.thduggie.com/thduggies_blog/?p=653#comment-199665 I guess that shows that the Swiss are more practical than the Americans, since we seem determined to eradicate words (like “niggardly”) that make us think of unpleasant things, whether there is any true connection or not.

]]> By: thduggie https://www.thduggie.com/thduggies_blog/2013/making-steel-generates-heat#comment-199662 Thu, 20 Jun 2013 19:54:56 +0000 http://www.thduggie.com/thduggies_blog/?p=653#comment-199662 In reply to Linda Wightman.

Geschäftsführer = CEO, usually. And because “Führer” simply means “leader,” eradicating the word wasn’t a viable option.

]]> By: Linda Wightman https://www.thduggie.com/thduggies_blog/2013/making-steel-generates-heat#comment-199659 Thu, 20 Jun 2013 19:52:47 +0000 http://www.thduggie.com/thduggies_blog/?p=653#comment-199659 I got it to work in Firefox, once I allowed Flash in Flashblock.

Nice visuals. Nice to see Swiss Steel and Emmen.

Who’d have though a hair-raising word like Geschäftsführer would translate to something as mild-sounding as “managing director”? It still conjures up pictures of lunatics with bad mustaches.

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