Friday, December 18, 2009

White, white and a language shock

That's the result of "I want to draw a picture with a white crayon!"

And I'm shocked after searching a translation for the word "Buntstift" at google translations.
The English word for Buntstift is buntstift?
I'm totally confused and don't know if it is true.
That's weird because it's a German word, but there are so many German words in the English language...like Kindergarten, Doppelgänger, ersatz, Rucksack etc etc etc...

But, do you really call a crayon a buntstift???
Eingestellt von Antonia um 7:57 PM
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5 comments:

  1. JareDecember 18, 2009 at 8:49 PM

    I have never even heard of a buntstift...

    that is very odd.

    -L

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  2. AntoniaDecember 18, 2009 at 8:52 PM

    yes it is!
    Someday I'll find someone who use this word (except people who speak German). ;)

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  3. SuzanneDecember 19, 2009 at 9:18 AM

    I've never heard of a buntstift either. What kind of thing is it?

    Love the picture!!

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  4. NatalieDecember 19, 2009 at 4:59 PM

    Cool picture. This is the first time I've heard of a crayon being called a buntstift. But, now that you mention it... I kinda like it. I'm going drop the word crayon and use this new one!

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  5. AntoniaDecember 19, 2009 at 6:30 PM

    Suzanne: It's a crayon...

    Natalie: *lol* yes, use the word buntstift ;)

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