off topic EGAFD

[zebrafink]

female old finch likes EGAFD on the whole, but detests the virtual jelly on the left hand side. Haven't managed till now to shift it away from the Monitor!
!nervous!
I. Finch

[jj]

I think you'll have to have another try at 'virtual jelly' [img]http://www.egafd.com/forum/smileys/confused.gif[/img]
Back-translated, I get ..... "virtuell Jelly" [img]http://www.egafd.com/forum/smileys/surrender.gif[/img]

[zebrafink]

oh sorry. Well it is a sort of pudding which is always wiggling, wobbling, shivering, shaking, quivering and quaking and trembling. The English word is jelly, but the German is: "Wackelpudding". "Wobbling Pudding". !sick!

[beutelwolf]

zebrafink wrote:

> oh sorry. Well it is a sort of pudding which is always
> wiggling, wobbling, shivering, shaking, quivering and quaking
> and trembling. The English word is jelly, but the German is:
> "Wackelpudding". "Wobbling Pudding". !sick!

Well, it's jelly alright, but it's not used much as a metaphor in English.

[jj]

OK, I think I get the drift- but am still at a loss as to what it is exactly that's
wobbling etc. Is Mrs. Finch referring to the gif. animations in the LH column?

[zebrafink]

yes, jj. I think I can read. And I can even read "Videos and DVDS" and "UK FREE SHIPPING" and "Portable Hardcore". The words would not have to dance in front of my eyes. Or do kids nowadays need such help when they learn how to read? It's like sort of Micky and Minnie and Goofy. Eye-catching, in a way.
!swear!

[jj]

As one of advancing years I heartily sympathise with your distaste for all the
pointless tricksiness that now infests our visual media. Along with policemen
looking young and being [however slightly] disconcerted at gays snogging in the
streets it's a sign of age, I'm afraid [img]http://www.egafd.com/forum/smileys/oldie.gif[/img]

My response is to loftily ignore it, along with all the solecisms and grammaticals
committed by barely-trained 'yoof' presenters [img]http://www.egafd.com/forum/smileys/swear.gif[/img] Even the BBC is now infected-
but if I were to expand on this theme, with idiocies like 'pronOunciation' and the
now-widespread inability to distinguish 'disinterested' from 'uninterested', this
post would break all records for length [img]http://www.egafd.com/forum/smileys/rant.gif[/img]

[zebrafink]

"...this post would break all records for length " yes, but it's a pity for it would be a real good topic to elaborate upon, only it is simply too "off topic".
Kind regards
I.