She Goes » Laura’s Word of the Week http://shegoes.com.au Travel for adventurous people Mon, 06 Feb 2012 06:45:28 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Life and stuff: Things that are guaranteed to make people happy http://shegoes.com.au/lauras-word-of-the-week/life-and-stuff-things-that-are-guaranteed-to-make-people-happy http://shegoes.com.au/lauras-word-of-the-week/life-and-stuff-things-that-are-guaranteed-to-make-people-happy#comments Wed, 08 Dec 2010 09:55:30 +0000 admin http://shegoes.com.au/?p=2078 things-that-are-guaranteed-to-make-people-happySome things make everyone happy.

They are as follows:

  • Lollies thrown out into a crowd
  • Streamers, confetti and balloons falling from the ceiling
  • Sparklers
  • Fireworks
  • Finding money on the street
  • Getting something good delivered to your home, school or office
  • Winning
  • Running through a sprinkler in summer
  • Towels straight out of the clothes dryer

Here are some things that make me inordinately happy:

  • Plants, especially cacti and flowers
  • The Paris Review
  • Animals (all of them, especially marine mammals and dogs)
  • Taking photographs with Snappy, my new Canon EOS
  • Swishy skirts
  • Stories about psychics and ghosts
  • Phosphorescence
  • Watching the bats fly over Sydney at dusk
  • Spotting other people’s tattoos
  • 1950′s hairstyles and dresses
  • Riding a pushbike
  • French Champagne
  • The First Husband
  • My friends and family (especially the kids because they are so funny)

What makes you happy?

]]> http://shegoes.com.au/lauras-word-of-the-week/life-and-stuff-things-that-are-guaranteed-to-make-people-happy/feed 6 Laura’s Word of the Week: Handschuhschneeballwerfer http://shegoes.com.au/uncategorized/lauras-words-of-the-week-handschuhschneeballwerfer http://shegoes.com.au/uncategorized/lauras-words-of-the-week-handschuhschneeballwerfer#comments Wed, 17 Feb 2010 11:39:47 +0000 admin http://shegoes.com.au/?p=834 ‘Handschuhschneeballwerfer’ (German) literally means somebody who wears gloves to throw snowballs but is used in general to mean ‘coward’.

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Someone calm who loses their temper (literally, an enraged sheep)

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Dutch: Uw ongecoordineerde dansbeweging doodde bijna die persoon achter u.

English translation: Your uncoordinated dance move almost killed that person behind you.

]]> http://shegoes.com.au/lauras-word-of-the-week/lauras-words-of-the-week-dirty-dancing/feed 0 Laura’s Word(s) of the week: In bocca al lupo http://shegoes.com.au/lauras-word-of-the-week/lauras-words-of-the-week-in-bocca-al-lupo http://shegoes.com.au/lauras-word-of-the-week/lauras-words-of-the-week-in-bocca-al-lupo#comments Thu, 26 Nov 2009 07:12:32 +0000 admin http://shegoes.com.au/?p=527 ‘In bocca al lupo’ means ‘Good luck’ in Italian.

The literal meaning is ‘In the wolf’s mouth’.

The appropriate response if someone wishes you luck is ‘Crepi il lupo’, meaning something along the lines of ‘The wolf will cark it.’

Dead wolf = success!

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Hungry; greedy.

I don’t know about you guys but I have been starving all week. This word seems very appropriate!

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