Silent Schwa

Grausamkeitsspäße [ˈɡʀaʊ̯zaːmkaɪ̯tˈʃpɛːsə] - “cruel jokes”

German always has such great words for describing deriving pleasure from someone else’s pain. 

(Thanks to Chuck Gordon for turning me on to this word!)

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It’s official… I’m a grad student.  My classes (see below) start in August.

• LIN 500 Linguistics and TESOL
• LIN 510 Linguistics
• LIN 520 Second Language Acquisition Theory

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