Apart from that I encountered a new word creation by Westerwave today: "duckchiefed". Most of the time I don't get the riddles right at the first glimpse. "Duckchiefed" is a straight translation from German into English. The right word would be "beheaded". Well at least I learned a new word today.
Speaking of new words a few days ago I learned that "to gift" has a different meaning than to make a present". After posting the entry about my sisters' and the general difficulty of finding gifts for them I got an e-mail with the headline "to gift is not a verb".
I looked it up and found out that the verb "to gift" exists but it's British English and it's only used in journalism. The example was something like: "They gifted their opponents a goal."
Thanks for the advise to check on my language. If you want to check you ideas too please use the OALD as a first point of reference ;).
Maybe I should write about the weather, many bloggers do so at the moment :) but apart from the fact that it is gray and cold there is not much to say. Tonight after comming home from donating blood I'll take a look at at the pictures I made in Ischgl last weekend maybe they are inspiring for a new post.
Take care.
