I just learned a new English word

[MissHoneychurch]

oscillation

I learned it while cataloging the following article: "Transcendental or material oscillation. An alternative reading of Friedrich Schlegel"s "Alternating Principle" (Wechselerweis)"

I have no idea when I will ever use it :shrug:

[NuttyFluffers]

1. you can use it to describe a special function on a Japanese toilet.

but then that could encompass everything in the known universe, as well.

let's start easy, "people like to leave their personal room fans on oscillation during a hot day."

what can i say, the SATs were good to me...

[MissHoneychurch]

2. Thank you

that makes a bit more sense to me than the title I just cataloged.

Of course, we have barely any fans here in Germany but still it is a better example than what I heard about Japanese toilets .....

[MissHoneychurch]

7. Can you say

I oscillate between town A and town B????

[LeftCoast]

3. "Oscillate Wildly"

Probably my favorite Smith's song evah! :)

In fact, I just put it on because this reminded me of it and I haven't listened to it in ages. I think you could listen to a clip of it in iTunes, but I don't know how (or even if it's possible) to link to it.

[MissHoneychurch]

4. Never heard of it

but then I never heard the word before.

I will see if I can find it on YouTube when I get home. YouTube and work don't really go together.

[LeftCoast]

5. The Smiths are getting a bit dated - they have a very 80's euro sound, but I still love'm

There are no lyrics to this particular song, but I was always struck by how the title of the song fit it so well.


Here's a link to it on youtube. There's a wierd little intro that has nothing to do with the song. Ignore that.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=AUEuBk7CKHk

:hi:

[MissHoneychurch]

8. 80's are good

I grew up with the 80's music and being German also am used to the euro sound :D

[LeftCoast]

10. I studied German for years - eventually ended up there as an exchange student.

I started learning German in 1984 in HS. At the time you might recall a huge hit by Nena? 99 Luftballons? Always loved the sound, but couldn't understand the lyrics. I remember though, one day after I'd been in Germany for 9 months or so I heard the song again and I could understand it all! I was sooooo happy. Seems kinda lame, but it was a big deal to me. :)

[MissHoneychurch]

12. I so totally understand you

when I came to the U.S. as a nanny I barely spoke any English but have listened to songs in English for years. Now like you, I didn't understand a word. Then after some months learning English I listened to a Beatles song and suddenly was like "AHHH!!! THAT is what they are singing about!!!" Eye (Ear) opening moment. I was a big deal for me too. So yes, I know what you mean.

The moment I was able to say "Hippopotamus" without getting a knot in my tongue was another of those moments.

[LeftCoast]

14. Yep! Of course now my German has gotten very rusty :(

I need to go back for a visit. I've been thinking about going to CeBitt (sp?) in Hannover. I love electronics and my host family lives there. I'd love to visit with them again. Last saw them in 2000 and before that in 1991!

Where did you live in the US? I was in Goettingen, but my 'host family' who sort of adopted me from afar lived in Hannover.

[MissHoneychurch]

16. The CeBIT is open till Sunday

so you better hurry :)

I did my nanny time near Charlotte, NC. A couple of years later I did an internship in Savannah, GA. I love the South :)

Now I live in Frankfurt.

[LeftCoast]

18. I was thinking about possibly going next year

It was seeing it in the news recently that gave me the idea.

So do you have a cute lil' southern accent to your English? :)

[MissHoneychurch]

19. I would say I do

I for sure use "ain't" a lot :D

[LeftCoast]

20. And "ya'll" which tends to throw us northerner's a bit was probably 2nd nature to you

Since German actively uses 2nd person plural unlike most English dialects. :)

Anyway, I think I'm heading offline for awhile. It was wonderful chatting w/ you tonight!

:hi:

[MissHoneychurch]

24. Good night

It was a joy talking to you too.

And yes "Ya'll" is in my vocabulary as well. "Ain't ya'll ...." :rofl:

And I am used to hearing "You is .." :D

[muriel_volestrangler]

30. Plenty of oscillators in 80s German music

They are the basis of all synthesizers.

http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oszillator

I love the name 'Wobbelgenerator'. :D

[MissHoneychurch]

31. Oh my goodness

I start to think that is too much electronic and technical stuff for me. But thanks for the link :D

[qwertyMike]

22. Oscar Wilde

was jailed for doing that Wildely

Ralph

[Lady Freedom]

6. I speak English and didn't know the word existed!

[MissHoneychurch]

9. See

now you learned something new too :D

[pokerfan]

11. There's always the Colpitts oscillator

[MissHoneychurch]

13. You got me totally lost

are you really expecting me to understand that???? :scared:

[pokerfan]

21. OK, a swing is also an oscillator

I believe the Latin origin is describing swinging. Professionals use Latin and Greek to keep laypeople confused.

[MissHoneychurch]

23. OK, since ocillating also means swinging

can you say "I oscillate between City A and City B"?

[pokerfan]

26. Yep, if you regularly bounce back and fouth

between the two. Oscillation implies periodic motion.

[Lasher]

15. Hey, my watch just stopped working!

Wonder if it's the battery or the quartz oscillator?

[MissHoneychurch]

17. Oh OK

thanks. That helps me

[qwertyMike]

25. It;s something to do

with bouncing springs and pendulums and the 2nd law of thermodynamics.

Entropy.

All things fall apart eventually.
Check your body, check your car, check your spouse,

I love Entropy.

Mick

[pokerfan]

27. Not all things

Just closed systems.

Fundies like to use the second law as an argument against evolution but the Earth is hardly a closed system.

[qwertyMike]

34. We all die

and occasionally pay taxes

Mike

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

28. Imagine MHC walking to work

because there's a transit strike.

Anyone walking behind her would notice "that's a fine piece of oscillation!!!", or "she oscillates like a Swiss watch!!!"

It's easy to fit that word into a sentence.

:hi:

[MissHoneychurch]

29. ...

:spray:


Thanks for the compliment :D

It does sound nicer than to say "Die wackelt ganz schön mit dem Arsch" :rofl:

:hi:

[Crabby Appleton]

32. A common piece of electronic test equipment is an oscilloscope

used to view signal wave form patterns. Your TV set and CRT computer monitors are a close relative of these.

[MissHoneychurch]

33. Cool

Thank you.

[Clintmax]

35. Hello, Miss Honey!

Long time no see, huh? :bounce:

[MissHoneychurch]

40. CLINT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

:woohoo: :bounce: :loveya:

So good to see you!!! How are you doing? Everything OK with you and your family?


:hug: :loveya: :hi:

[LiberalEsto]

36. GW Bush's ears oscillate wildly

whenever he tries to "think"

[Xipe Totec]

37. Osculation - now there's a word I like n/t

oscillation, I'm not so sure I like that word. My feelings swing back and forth on that one.

:yoiks:

[FloridaJudy]

38. I'm more into osculation

Myself. And I'm pretty good at auscultation as well.

[IntravenousDemilo]

39. You know those fans that move back and forth rather than point in just one direction?

Those are oscillating fans.

[Aristus]

42. "It...uh......oscillates!"

One of the best lines from one of the best episodes of "Frasier". B-)

[dpbrown]

41. Stuck in traffic, I watched the windshield wipers oscillate back and forth endlessly

There you go.

[Fire Walk With Me]

43. Oscillations.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J25N6YAaKRk

1969.