Happy Friday, everyone!
No, I’m not intentionally spoiling you with two posts today. Well, I guess I kind of am, but I really wanted to write a review for A Little Life (a.k.a. the saddest book in existence ๐ญ๐ญ๐ญ), and it felt weird to also include the answers to my Can You Guess the Books from the Emojis quiz within that post. But since I promised to deliver those today, I decided I’d just give you a quick heads up separately. Which is why you’re also getting this short excuse of a post ๐
Before I get into the answers though: In case it’s not obvious from me writing this, I am not dead ๐ Quite a few of you apparently saw the horrific floods we’ve had in Germany on the news and were kind enough to reach out to ask how I’m doing… So in case any of you are still worried: I am completely fine! Thankfully, the areas of Germany my family and I live in were barely affected by the floods, so this past week has been pretty normal for me. I’ve recovered from my vaccine, read a ton of books (๐), and graded lots of exams (๐ฉ), so my life has honestly been quite boring.
However, as grateful as I am to be okay, seeing the destruction the floods left behind and knowing how many people lost their lives has left me beyond shocked. To everyone from the affected areas: I really hope you are okay, and my heart goes out to those of you who lost their homes, belongings, and loved ones. I can’t even imagine what you must be going through right now โค๏ธ
Also, to anyone interested in helping: I think the easiest way to donate from abroad is through the organization Aktion Deutschland Hilft because they seem to be one of the few non-profits who have an English website… I’ve gone ahead and linked that in case any of you want to contribute to relief efforts.
But on a happier note… let’s get back to the quiz!
Thanks again to everyone who participated; I hope you guys had fun and weren’t too frustrated! Here are the answers:
Book #1
๐ง๐ผโ๐ง๐ผ๐ช๐โก๏ธโซ๐ง๐ผ๐๐ง๐ผ1๏ธโฃโฌ๏ธ๐๐ฆ๐ฝ4๏ธโฃ๐ฆ ๐ฆ ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ช๐ง๐ผ๐ฆ๐ฝ๐ก๐๐ง๐ผ๐ช๐ช๐ช๐ช๐ช๐๐ฉธ๐ขโ๏ธ๐๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐จ๐จ๐๐ง๐ผโฌ๏ธ๐ซ๐ง๐ผ๐ฆ๐ฝ๐ง๐ผโก๏ธ๐ฆ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ง๐ผ๐ฆ๐ฝ๐๐ต๐ต๐ปโซโซ๐ซ๐ซโช๐ง๐ผ๐ฒ๐ฆ๐ฝโ๏ธ๐ง๐ผ๐ฆ๐ฝ๐ป๐ซ๐ง๐ผ๐ฆ๐ฝ๐
This was supposed to be Divergent by Veronica Roth. I can see why some of you thought it might be A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder, but I hope the Ferris wheel and the train helped clear the confusion up!
Book #2
๐๐ด๐ป๐ ๐จ๐ปโ๐ฆฐ๐๐ฅณ๐ด๐ป๐ซ๐ด๐ปโก๏ธ๐ ๐ง๐ผ๐ปโ๐ด๐ป1๏ธโฃ๐ถ๐ป๐ซ๐ถ๐ป๐ง๐ผ๐๐ฆ๐ฝ๐ง๐ผ๐๐๐ป2๏ธโฃ๐จ๐ป๐ฉ๐ป๐ฆ๐ป๐ง๐ป๐ง๐ปโ๐ฆฑ๐ง๐ป๐ท๐ป3๏ธโฃ๐ด๐ป๐ตโฐ๐ชฆ๐ด๐ปโก๐๐ท๐ท๐ท๐ท๐โก๐จ๐ป๐ฉ๐ป๐ฆ๐ป๐ง๐ป๐ง๐ปโ๐ฆฑ๐ง๐ป๐ด๐ป๐ฅณ๐จ๐ปโ๐ฆฐ๐
Those of you who guessed that this was A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens were spot on! The first ghost is supposed to be Jacob Marley, by the way, not one of the Ghosts of Christmas. C’mon, this one wasn’t that hard!
Book #3
๐ง๐ฟโก๏ธ๐ฐ๐๐ง๐ป๐ด๐ด๐๐๐ง๐ฟ๐ฆ๐ฟ๐๐ซ๐ง๐ฟโก๏ธ๐๐จ๐ฟ๐ก๐จ๐ฟ๐ค๐ฆ๐ฟ๐ง๐ฟ๐ซ๐ถ๐ง๐ป๐ก๐ถโก๏ธ๐ถ๐ชฆโ๐ง๐ฟ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ง๐ฟ๐ญ๐งโ๐คโ๐ง๐ฉ๐ป๐ฆ๐ฟ๐๐ฉ๐ป๐ฆ๐ฟ๐๐๐ก๐ช๐น๐๐ง๐พ๐ต๐งชโ ๐๐ดโต๐ดโต๐ดโตโโโ๐ซ๐ซ๐ฆ๐ผ๐ฆ๐ผ๐ก๐ง๐ฟ๐ซโ๐ฆ๐ฟโก๏ธ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ง๐ฟ๐ญ๐ง๐ป๐ช๐๐ช๐ชฆ๐ง๐ฟโก๏ธ๐ฐ๐ง๐ฟโก๏ธ๐๐๐ฃ๐ง๐ฟ๐๐ฉ๐ผ๐ง๐ฟ๐งชโ ๐ฆ๐ผ๐จ๐ฟ๐๐ฆ๐ผโ ๐ฉ๐ผโก๏ธ๐๐๐ง๐ฟ๐งชโ ๐๐ถ๐ถ๐ชฆ
Yes, this is Assassin’s Apprentice by Robin Hobb ๐ I couldn’t not use this opportunity to gush about the Farseer Trilogy!
Book #4
๐ฆ๐ฝ๐ฉ๐ฝ๐จ๐ฝ๐ด๐ป๐ง๐ป๐ต๐ป๐ฉ๐ปโ๐ฆณ๐ท๐ซ๐ข๐ซ๐ซ๐ซ๐ซ๐ซ๐ง๐ผ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ป๐ท๐ฒ๐ผ๐บ๐ฑ๐ผโ๏ธโ๏ธ๐ฆ๐ฝ๐ซ๐ซโ๐ฆ๐ฝ๐ง๐ผ๐ฑ๐ผ๐ฉ๐ป๐ฒ๐ผโก๐ข๐จ๐ป๐ฉโกโกโกโก๐ง๐ผ๐ฉ๐ป๐ฑ๐ผ๐ฒ๐ผ๐ซ๐ฆ๐ฝโ ๐ฆ๐ฝโก๐ข๐
We’re returning to one of my childhood favorites with this one: Yes, it’s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl!
Book #5
๐ฆ๐ฝ๐จ๐ฆ๐ป๐ฆ๐ป๐ผ๐ฆ๐ผ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ป๐ผ๐คฉ๐ฆ๐ป๐ฆ๐ผ๐๐๐ฆ๐ป๐ก๐ฆ๐ป๐ผ๐ฆ๐ป๐ผ๐ซโก๏ธ๐ด๐ป๐ผ๐ฆ๐ป๐ฃ๐๐ฆ๐ป๐ซโก๏ธ๐ด๐ป๐ฆ๐ป๐ผโก๏ธ๐ด๐ป๐ผ๐ฆ๐ป๐๐ง๐ผ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ปโค๐ง๐ผ๐ง๐ผ๐ซ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ป๐ก๐ซโค๐ง๐ผ๐ฆ๐ป๐ผ๐๐ฆ๐ป๐ฑ๐ง๐ผ๐ช๐ชฆ๐ฆ๐ปโ๏ธ๐ฆ๐ป๐ผ๐ช๐ฆ๐ผ๐โก๏ธ๐ฆ๐ป๐ฆ๐ป๐๐๐ฆ๐ป๐ผโก๏ธ๐ด๐ป๐ผ๐ฆ๐ป๐ฆ๐ฝโก๏ธ๐ด๐ป๐ผ๐ฆ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ป๐ช๐ฆ๐ฝ๐ชฆ๐ง๐ปโโ๏ธ๐ฆ๐ป๐ฆ๐ฝ๐ชฆโก๏ธ๐ฆ๐ผ๐ญ๐ง๐ผ๐ฆ๐ผ๐ก๐ฆ๐ป๐ฏ๐ซ๐ฆ๐ผ๐ฆ๐ป๐ช๐ด๐ป๐ผ๐ฆ๐ปโก๏ธ๐ด๐ป๐ชฆ๐ด๐ป๐ผโก๏ธ๐ฆ๐ป๐ผ
All the paintings kind of gave it away – this is The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde.
Book #6
๐ง๐ป๐โ๐โช๐๐ฉ๐ปโ๐ฆฐ๐ก๐ง๐ปโฆโ๐ฆ๐ฝ๐๐ง๐ป๐ฆ๐ฝโก๏ธ๐๐ฉธ1๏ธโฃ2๏ธโฃ ๐ง๐ป๐ฆ๐ฝ๐โช๐๐ง๐ป๐ช๐ง๐ป๐ง๐ป๐ข๐ข๐ข๐ฆ๐ฝ๐๐ง๐ปโชโค
Fine, this one was probably a bit harder. But I’m still disappointed no one guessed it! It’s supposed to be Ruby Red by Kerstin Gier.
Book #7
๐ฌ๐ง๐ก๐ง๐ฝ๐ง๐ฝโก๐ซ๐ง๐ฝ๐ง๐ฝ๐ก๐ก๐ญ๐ญ๐ญ๐๐พ๐๐ซ๐ท๐ง๐ฝ๐ง๐ฝโก๐๐๐๐ฌ๐ฅง๐๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ฉ๐ป๐ง๐ฝ๐ง๐ฝโบ๐ฏ๐๐๐ถ๐ฉ๐ปโก๐ถ๐ซ๐ง๐ฝ๐ง๐ฝโก๐ก๐ง๐ฝ๐ง๐ฝ๐ฌ๐ซ๐
You guys also didn’t guess this one – Didn’t any of you grow up reading Enid Blyton? Gosh, you seriously missed out on some childhood essentials!! This one is The Twins at St. Clare’s.
Book #8
๐ฉ๐ฝ๐๐ซ๐๐จ๐ฝ๐๐จ๐ฝโก๏ธ๐ฉ๐ฝ๐ป๐ฉ๐ฝ๐๐ฉ๐ฝ๐ซ๐ฉ๐ฝ๐๐ฆ๐ป๐ฑ๐ปโโ๏ธ๐ฑ๐ผ๐ง๐ป๐จ๐ปโ๐ฆฐ๐ฆ ๐งฌ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ฝ๐จ๐ปโ๐ฆฐ๐จ๐ปโ๐ฆฐ๐ก๐ก๐ฉ๐ฝโโ๐ซ๐ซ๐จ๐ปโ๐ฆฐ๐ฉ๐ฝโ๐จ๐ปโ๐ฆฐโก๏ธ๐จ๐ปโ๐ฆฐ๐๐ฉ๐ฝ๐ฉ๐ฝโโ๐จ๐ป๐๐ฉ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐จ๐ปโ๐ฆฐ๐ซ๐จ๐ป๐ฉ๐ฝ๐จ๐ปโ๐ฆฐโก๏ธ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ผ๐๐ฉ๐ฝ๐ฉ๐ฝ๐ฌโ๐จ๐ปโ๐ฆฐ๐จ๐ปโ๐ฆฐ๐คทโโ๏ธ๐ฉ๐ฝ๐ก๐ฉ๐ฝ๐ฌ๐ซ๐ญโก๏ธ๐๐ฉ๐ฝ๐ง๐พ๐ฃ๐บ๐งโโ๏ธ๐ฉ๐ฝ๐ง๐ผ๐ง๐ปโก๏ธ๐๐๐๐ฉ๐ฝ๐ ๐๐ฉ๐ฝ๐๐ง๐ป๐ง๐ป๐ง๐ป๐ฉ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐จ๐ปโ๐ฆฐ๐๐จ๐ปโ๐ฆฐ๐ก๐ฉ๐ฝ๐จ๐ปโ๐ฆฐ๐๐ฉ๐ฝ๐ฌ๐จ๐ปโ๐ฆฐ๐งโโ๏ธ๐จ๐ปโ๐ฆฐ๐ก๐ฉ๐ฝ๐จ๐ปโ๐ฆฐ๐๐ฉ๐ฝโค๐จ๐ปโ๐ฆฐ๐จ๐ปโ๐ฆฐ๐๐ฉ๐ฝ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฝ๐จ๐ปโ๐ฆฐโก๏ธ๐ ๐ฆ๐ผ๐ง๐ผ๐ฆ๐ป๐ฑ๐ปโโ๏ธ๐ฑ๐ผ๐ง๐ปโพ๏ธ๐จ๐ป๐ฉ๐ปโ๐ฆฐ๐ฆ๐พ๐จ๐ป๐๐ฉ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ผ๐ง๐ปโก๏ธ๐๐จ๐ป๐ง๐ฝ๐ฏโโ๏ธ๐ง๐ป๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ฝ๐จ๐ปโ๐ฆฐ๐ฑ๐จ๐ปโ๐ฆฐ๐ฉ๐ฝ๐ฉ๐ฝโก๏ธ๐ฅ๐ง๐ฝ๐จ๐ปโ๐ฆฐ๐ฉ๐ฝโก๏ธ๐๐จ๐ปโ๐ฆฐ๐ฉ๐ฝ๐๐บ
Guys, I’m severely disappointed. I even put a vampire in here, AND NONE OF YOU NOTICED!!! This is Twilight by Stephenie Meyer.
Book #9
๐ง๐ป๐ฆ๐ป๐จ๐ปโ๐ฆณ๐ง๐ฝ๐ฉ๐ผ๐จ๐ผโ๐ฆณ๐จ๐ปโ๐ฆฐ๐ด๐ปโก๏ธ๐๐ฉ๐ป๐จ๐ผ๐๐ง๐ป๐ฆ๐ป๐จ๐ปโ๐ฆณ๐ง๐ฝ๐ฉ๐ผ๐จ๐ผโ๐ฆณ๐จ๐ปโ๐ฆฐ๐ด๐ป๐ฉ๐ป๐จ๐ผ๐ฅฃ๐ฅฃ๐ป๐๐ฃโ โ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ง๐ป๐ญ๐๐ง๐ผโฐโ๐จ๐ปโ๐ฆฐ๐บ๐งชโ ๐จ๐ปโ๐ฆฐโฐ๐1๏ธโฃ0๏ธโฃโก๏ธ9๏ธโฃ๐ฉ๐ป๐ดโฐโก๏ธ8๏ธโฃ๐จ๐ผโ๐ฆณ๐จ๐คฏโฐโก๏ธ7๏ธโฃ๐จ๐ผ๐ช๐ชตโฐโก๏ธ6๏ธโฃ๐ฉ๐ผ๐๐งชโ โฐโก๏ธ5๏ธโฃ๐ง๐ป๐๐๐ฑ๐ง๐ป๐ฑ๐จ๐ปโ๐ฆณ๐ง๐ฝ๐ฆ๐ปโ๏ธ๐ด๐ปโฐโก๏ธ4๏ธโฃ๐ง๐ฝโโฐโก๏ธ3๏ธโฃ๐คโฌ๏ธ๐จ๐ปโ๐ฆณโฐโก๏ธ2๏ธโฃ๐ง๐ป๐ฆ๐ป๐๐ง๐ฝโฐ๐๐ง๐ป๐ซ๐ฆ๐ปโฐโก๏ธ1๏ธโฃ๐ง๐ป๐ช๐งถโฐ0๏ธโฃ๐ฎ๐ฎโโ๏ธ๐ฎโโ๏ธโโโ๐๐พโ
I mean, a few of you figured out this was about murder, so I guess that’s something. This is possibly the best murder mystery novel ever written: And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie.
Book #10
๐บ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ท๐๐ปโโ๏ธ๐ฉ๐ป๐ง๐ป๐จ๐ฝ๐๐ปโโ๏ธโก๏ธ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ๐๐ปโโ๏ธ๐๐ฆ๐ฝ๐ง๐ปโโโโโโก๏ธ๐ง๐ฝ๐ฆ๐พ๐ง๐ผ๐ฆ๐ฟ๐ฆ๐ฝ๐ง๐ฝ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ป๐ง๐ฝ๐ซโค๐ฉ๐ป๐ฉ๐ปโโ๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ป๐๐โโ๐ฆ๐ฝโ๐ฉ๐ปโ๐ฉ๐ป๐ฌโค๐ซ๐ฉ๐ป๐๐ง๐ฝ๐ฆ๐ฝ๐๐ง๐ฝโ๐ง๐ฝ๐๐ญ๐ง๐ผ๐จ๐ ๐ฉ๐ป๐ง๐ฝ๐๐ฉ๐ป๐๐ง๐ฝ๐ฆ๐ฝ๐จ๐ ๐ง๐ฝ๐ฆ๐ฝ๐๐ฉ๐ป๐ฉ๐ป๐ซ๐ฉ๐ป๐๐ง๐ฝ๐ง๐ฝ๐ฉ๐ปโก๏ธ๐๐ฟ๐ฉ๐ป๐๐ง๐ฝ๐๐ง๐ผ๐ฃ๐ฉ๐ป๐๐ง๐ฝ๐ฉ๐ป๐๐ก๐๐ฉ๐ป๐ฌ๐ซ๐ง๐ฝ๐ง๐ฝ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ปโ๐ฆ๐ฝ๐๐ปโโ๏ธ๐ญ๐ฉ๐ป๐๐ฆ๐ฝ๐๐ปโโ๏ธ๐ก๐ฉ๐ป๐ฌ๐๐ปโโ๏ธ๐ฉ๐ป๐๐ปโโ๏ธ๐๐๐ง๐ป๐๐๐โโโโโ๐๐๐๐ฉ๐ป๐๐ง๐ฝ
Yes, this one is To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before by Jenny Han. I mean, look at all those letters!
Anyway, I hope that clears things up! Hopefully, these make sense now ๐
With six points each, our winners are:
- Abby: You weren’t wrong about A Christmas Carol! And I don’t know any other books involving Korean American girls going to Scotland either, so that was some pretty sound logic ๐ช๐ป
- Line: I would have been very surprised if you hadn’t recognized Assassin’s Apprentice – I was actually counting on that ๐ But I’m extremely impressed that you guessed Dorian Gray without having read it!
- Nehal: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory would not have been enough to gain you a spot on this leaderboard, so good job recognizing Divergent, too! See, I didn’t use too many emojis at all; they provided the perfect number of clues! ๐
So yeah: lots of bookish honor to you three! If you had fun and would like to do this again sometime, feel free to let me know! Other than that, I’ll see you next week!
(Unless you’d also like to read my extremely spoilery review for A Little Life, that is. I need someone to cry over this book with!)
A Book Owl's Corner 
I’m the winner? ๐คฃ๐คฃ๐คฃ๐คฃ you gotta be kidding me.
Also, glad to know you’re fine, Naemi….I had no ides Germany was having floods, I don’t see the need often ๐๐๐ ๐ณ๐ณ
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Glad to see I’m not the only one with loads of typos in their comments ๐ Though I’m always way too lazy to correct them and just count on you guys to get what I meant ๐คฃ
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I’m quite an expert at figuring out people’s typos anyways โบ
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Arw ypi dyre abity tgqt? ๐คจ
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yes, im sure about that.
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Wow, I’m seriously impressed!! ๐
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Well, you were one of the few brave enough to even attempt the quiz, so I guess it’s only fair you should have won ๐คฃ Though yeah, I was kind of expecting the winners to get more than two right, too – I guess I made things to hard after all, but muhahaha, I don’t care! ๐คช I loved watching you guys struggle! ๐
And ah well, I’m not sure if the floods made it into all the international news anyway. But I got a lot of concerned messages, especially from within Europe and the US, so I thought maybe I should clear up that I’m okay before people started planning my funeral or something ๐๐๐
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Glad to know you’re okay ๐
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I’ve been so out of the loop lately i didn’t know about the floods in germany, I’m glad to know that you’re fine, hope you stay safe!! This quiz seemed so hard when I first saw it but looking at the answers I feel like I should have given it a try๐
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Thanks, Jan! And haha, loads of people commented that the quiz was super hard, so I guess you’re not the only one ๐ I’m sorry for all the confusion I caused, though it was also fun watching everyone struggle! ๐๐ I’m glad things make a bit more sense now, though ๐
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I’m very proud to be a receiver of bookish honor! That’s all I aspire to in life. But I also hate myself because I’ve read more than just Assassin’s Apprentice ๐ซ I’ve read Divergent too but apparently remember none of it because even looking at your emojis knowing that, I still can’t see it ๐ I’ve read Twilight too of course and I should have gotten that one. Even more embarrassingly though, is that I’ve also read A Christmas Carol. I remember seeing the Christmas tree and thinking “I haven’t read any Christmas books. Must be some contemporary romance taking place during Christmas that I don’t know about.” ๐ I’m happy I saved some of my honor with that Picture of Dorian Gray!
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Well, other people didn’t do any better than you did and I’m sure they’ve also read their fair share of these, so I don’t think you should be too hard on yourself! You still got that bookish honor, after all ๐ And, to be fair, my attempts at portraying the factions in Divergent through different colored blobs were probably mediocre at best ๐ I was really surprised someone actually guessed that one!
I do relate to you not recognizing A Christmas Carol though. Some of my friends and I have a group chat where we send each other these types of emoji versions of books and movies, and I’m always really sure I’ve never read or seen them. And then it turns out I actually do know the story, but that it was just something completely different than I was expecting! ๐ So I think you actually did pretty well! (I actually haven’t read very many holiday romances, either. I can only think of ‘In a Holidaze’ right now, and I disliked that too much for me to mention it here…)
Also, I was all set for that Danish comment I’d have to use google translate on, so thanks for sparing me ๐๐
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Du skal ikke snydes. Jeg glemte det bare fuldstรฆndigt forbi jeg var sรฅ pinlig over ikke at gรฆtte Et Juleeventyr. (I might be challenging Google Translate with that one ๐ )
So that was what all the colors were? Okay, I didn’t make that connection ๐ And thank you for trying to console me. I do cherish that bookish honor very highly!
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Rache ist sรผร, deshalb antworte ich dir jetzt auf Deutsch ๐ Ich habe natรผrlich fast gar nichts verstanden, auรer “pinlig” und “Jule”, was ich so interpretiere, dass es dir peinlich ist, dass du Eine Weihnachtsgeschichte nicht erkannt hast. Und mit Google รbersetzer habe ich mir glaube ich den Rest zusammengereimt ๐ช (Take that, Google Translate! I mean, since you probably know a lot more German than I know Danish, I think I’m being very fair here ๐)
And obviously bookish honor should be treasured highly!
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Don’t know if you consider it an appropriate revenge when I only had to look up one word but it’s fair ๐ I don’t why it continues to surprise me that I understand German but it does ๐
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It’s probably appropriate since I wasn’t all that upset about getting to use my deciphering skills ๐ (So much of it makes sense now! Like the “fuldstรฆndigt” – I should have gotten that! And I maybe could also have remembered that you gave a very detailed explanation of “eventyr” in our Lost in Translation post… I mean, that’s basically just as good as understanding everything except for one word ๐ )
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