On 23-Oct-02 Marc Schmitt wrote: > On Mittwoch, 23. Oktober 2002 18:54, Jim Bublitz wrote: >> My German is virtually non-existent any more, but it would be >> somewhat of a cross between "liebchen" and "scho/"ne Ma/"dchen". >> Scho/"n ~= cute -> cutie (sounds like 'Q t'), which is sort of a >> "diminutive", like adding "-chen" on the end of word auf Deutsch >> (??) It's more like baby talk. Sorry, I can't do umlauts, and my >> spelling is probably off too. (Babelfish was no help either) > Wow. Very good. :) Except "liebchen" is no german word I know, > I'd rather use "Schatz" (which you call your loved one) or > "Scha/"tzchen" (which you *should not* call a (sexual > attractive) woman) - I guess there's no direct translation.
Now that you mention it, I can't remeber every hearing "liebchen" at home, but definitely "Schatz" or "Schatzie". "Liebchen" is the stereotypical "Hollywood" word used in dialog with German characters - I'm pretty sure it occurs in a scene is "Casablanca" for example - as in "my little liebchen". Now I wonder what the derivation of that word is ... Jim _______________________________________________ PyKDE mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mats.gmd.de/mailman/listinfo/pykde