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[George Jakobsche]

I took German in high school. My favorite word is Geschwindigkeitsbegrenzung, which means speed limit. It’s a good thing speed limit signs in Germany just indicate a number, otherwise they’d need to be much bigger.

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George
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I took German in junior high and high school and the NEVER taught us any of this good stuff.
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On 10/17/2024 9:32 AM, Suzannah K. Sundby wrote:
I love German language… that they have words for specific truisms… :)

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Subject: [Patentcenter] Off Topic - Kind of

Today I learned a new German word that seems so applicable to PatentCenter I had to share it:  verschlimmbessern.

I am advised that it means to take something bad and try to make it better, but in the process, you make it worse than before.  We NEED a word like that in English - particularly for many recent PTO "improvements"!!
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