tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post6307983411887113976..comments2024-03-28T16:45:51.051+00:00Comments on The IPKat: C-490/14 - Verlag Esterbauer: Get off my map!Verónica Rodríguez Arguijohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05763207846940036921noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-32660792978237238842015-11-10T13:27:06.440+00:002015-11-10T13:27:06.440+00:00If we are being pedantic/semantic, Dave seems to h...If we are being pedantic/semantic, Dave seems to have overlooked the use of "criteria". Just saying.<br /><br />KantAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-13128947974896442382015-11-10T13:11:45.381+00:002015-11-10T13:11:45.381+00:00I confirm that here in Germany "loose" i...I confirm that here in Germany "loose" is written where "lose" was intended.<br /><br />Brings to mind the classic (apocryphal?) Heinrich Lübcke-ism<br /><br />"Equal goes it loose"<br /><br />as his English translation of <br /><br />"Gleich geht's los"<br /><br />("Gleich" can mean "equal" or "straightaway" depending on context).<br /><br />And then again the classic translation "Zwiebel ruft an" on a Greek restaurant menu for the English "onion rings".<br /><br />MaxDreinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-43010156877057569202015-11-10T12:46:41.866+00:002015-11-10T12:46:41.866+00:00Dave's German is not the point. The "loos...Dave's German is not the point. The "loose" vs "lose" usage is an all too common error made by native and non-native speakers alike. In the UK, they have become far too lax about poor writing and editorial skills.<br /><br />And by the way, my German colleagues would also rubbish anything written in German which betrays it is written by a non native speaker.<br /><br /> Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-53335634772512127912015-11-06T14:59:19.350+00:002015-11-06T14:59:19.350+00:00@Dave
And how is your German, Dave?@Dave<br /><br />And how is your German, Dave?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-50923786917281334592015-11-06T08:23:08.489+00:002015-11-06T08:23:08.489+00:00Sorry to be a pedant, but:
"if interpreted t...Sorry to be a pedant, but:<br /><br />"if interpreted this wide, the criteria looses all its meaning"<br /><br />perhaps should read:<br /><br />"if interpreted this widely, the criteria loses all its meaning".<br /><br />Thanks for the article - it is of course much easier to pick holes than it is to create something.Davenoreply@blogger.com