Words, Words, Words

This lovely Language Log article contains a list of German words, some of which have been, and the rest ought to be, imported into English. (#1 has been calqued; #9 and #13 have been borrowed; and #5 is a feeling I'm all too familiar with.)

The Bold and the Safe

I'm sitting at the computer, when suddenly the dogs start raising a ruckus - both of them barking furiously. I get up and look into the bedroom, where Buster is standing at a window, barking at a passerby. Gracie's not there.

I backtrack. She's in the main bathroom (which, I note, has no windows), barking her head off.

It's good to have such stout defenders.