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OT - "Schadenfreude" Makes The News

Posted: Sun Apr 30, 2006 10:47 am
by RangerRocket
"Some people are downright gleeful about this. I think the word is schadenfreude," said junior Rita Parai, 20, of Buffalo, N.Y., invoking a German phrase that means to delight in the misfortune of others.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060429/ap_ ... ung_author

Re: OT - "Schadenfreude" Makes The News

Posted: Sun Apr 30, 2006 11:05 am
by Falcon Fanatic
RangerRocket wrote:"Some people are downright gleeful about this. I think the word is schadenfreude," said junior Rita Parai, 20, of Buffalo, N.Y., invoking a German phrase that means to delight in the misfortune of others.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060429/ap_ ... ung_author
My favorite quote of the article: "It's kind of disillusioning," Parai said. "Being at a campus full of accomplished people, it's hard to believe that somebody would cheat."

Wow...no one cheats at Harvard??? right. :roll:

Posted: Sun Apr 30, 2006 12:00 pm
by Schadenfreude
I went with "Schadenfreude" because I found nothing in the German to say "delight in the misfortune of the Rockets."

Posted: Sun Apr 30, 2006 3:40 pm
by BGSU Falconz
Schadenfreude wrote:I went with "Schadenfreude" because I found nothing in the German to say "delight in the misfortune of the Rockets."
Schadenfreude von Raketen.

:wink: