Re: Schadenfreude

["Marc Mosthav" <marc@xxxxxxx>]

It's spelled correctly - Freude mens joy, fun and that kind of thing, so
it's the joy you get out of somebody else's harm. We just are a fun loving
people ;-)

MMO

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From: <pmiller@xxxxxxx>
To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2001 7:53 AM
Subject: Re: [ukha_d] Schadenfreude


>
> OK I give up, I thought I'd picked up a smattering of German in the 16
> years I lived there, but obviously not enough what does
"schadenfruede"
> mean? The German language has a habit of putting multiple small words
> together to make a new long word I know schaden means Harm but I do
not
> have a clue about the rest of the word - is it spelt correctly?
>
> Paul
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>                     "Timothy Morris"
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> For those of you who speak a little German, I'm giving the opportunity
for
> a
> little schadenfruede.
>
> Remember the shiny new BMW which arrived 10 days ago?
>
> Not quite so shiny any more.
>
> Its got 654 miles on the clock and someone ran into the back of me!
>
> The new compressible bumper mounts absorbed most of the impact, and
the
> damage will probably polish out, but its not fair, the car will never
be
> "brand new" again!
>
> Tim.
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