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<\/p>\nI had two reasons to be at UVM this afternoon. The first was an IEEE Student Chapter meeting in Waterman. THere’s was a good crowd of folsk there wo listened to my friend Lars talk about the maker movement in Burlington and the Generator makerspace. It was a good talk.. It was great seeing all my IEEE friends.<\/p>\n
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I had to duck out for a call.. and while I was out in the hall.. I came across an old silly gemeran grammar poem I’d been lookign for for years ! I learned it while an exchange student in Austriea. \u00a0 It’s kind\u00a0\u00a0of hard to explain .. it’s makign fun of the declinations of nouns in German for differnt .. (wie sacht Man falls … ? … cases ? tenses \u00a0?) .. Auf jeden fall…(I crack myself up !!!) .. it’s about a Werwolf who goes and visits an old teacher in his grave to ask about his name.. it then gets really goofy about the way you conjugate stuff… hard to explain… but I love it.<\/p>\n
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here’ a literal translationcompliments of google translate..<\/p>\n
THE WEREWOLF
\nA werewolf escaped one night
\nOf woman and child, and came
\nAt a village school teacher’s grave
\nAnd asked him, “Please, bow me!”<\/p>\n
The village schoolmaster rose
\nOn his tin plate brass knob
\nAnd said unto the wolf, that his paws
\nPatiently crossed before the dead:<\/p>\n
“The werewolf,” said the good man,
\n“Of the Weswolf, Genitive then,
\nThe Wemwolf, dative, as man calls it,
\nThe Wenwolf, -there is an end. ”<\/p>\n
The werewolf flattered the cases,
\nHe rolled his eyeballs.
\n“Meanwhile,” he begged, “join
\nTo the singular also the majority still! ”<\/p>\n
But the village schoolmaster had to
\nThat he knew nothing of her.
\nAlthough wolves were in large numbers,
\nBut “who” g\u00e4bs only in singular.<\/p>\n
The wolf rose tearless–
\nHe had a wife and a child!
\nBut since he was not a scholar,
\nSo he thanked and surrendered.<\/p>\n
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i found a more impressionistic transation .. not literal.. but it keeps the fun nonsense<\/p>\n
A Werewolf, troubled by his name,<\/b><\/span> “Oh sage, wake up, please don’t berate me,”<\/b><\/span> “Well, `Werewolf’ is your plural past,<\/b><\/span> “I know that–I’m no mental cripple–<\/b><\/span> “A `Will-be-wolf?’ It’s just too long:<\/b><\/span> The Werewolf knew better–his sons still slept<\/b><\/span> \n I ducked back in to the IEEE meeting and watched the rest of Lars’s very good talk. Afterwards I got to talk to soem of theistudents. This guy is named Atreyu (yes… he’s named after the Neverendign Story). He told me that we met at the Governers Institute 6 years ago when I was doign a show.. and that helped him decide to be an engineer. It made me feel so good to hear that.. what a gift !!!<\/p>\n <\/p>\n freon the IEEE meeting I walked across the Greeun to Billigns fo rthe IBM Christmas party. Diane met me there<\/p>\n There were more than 200 of my old IBM Colleages. it was great seeign everyone @<\/p>\n <\/p>\n AT 9 we all went in to watch a magic show.. it was really fun ..\u00a0 <\/p>\n here’s our freind Sue being threatened with a knife trick..<\/p>\n now.. gotta get soem sleep.<\/p>\n more tomorrow !<\/p>\n nite all. nite sam<\/p>\n -me<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I had two reasons to be at UVM this afternoon. The first was an IEEE Student Chapter meeting in Waterman. THere’s was a good crowd of folsk there wo listened to my friend Lars talk about the maker movement in Burlington and the Generator makerspace. It was a good talk.. It was great seeing all … Continue reading Friday night – Der Werwolf<\/span>
\nLeft wife and brood one night and came<\/b><\/span>
\nTo a hidden graveyard to enlist<\/b><\/span>
\nThe aid of a long-dead philologist.<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n
\nHe howled sadly, “Just conjugate me.”<\/b><\/span>
\nThe seer arose a bit unsteady<\/b><\/span>
\nYawned twice, wheezed once, and then was ready.<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n
\nWhile `Waswolf’ is singularly cast:<\/b><\/span>
\nThere’s `Amwolf’ too, the present tense,<\/b><\/span>
\nAnd `Iswolf,’ `Arewolf’ in this same sense.”<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n
\nThe future form and participle<\/b><\/span>
\nAre what I crave,” the beast replied.<\/b><\/span>
\nThe scholar paused–again he tried:<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n
\n`Shall-be-wolf?’ `Has-been-wolf?’ Utterly wrong!<\/b><\/span>
\nSuch words are wounds beyond all suture–<\/b><\/span>
\nI’m sorry, but you have no future.”<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n
\nAt home, and homewards now he crept,<\/b><\/span>
\nHappy, humble, without apology<\/b><\/span>
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