Glotmorf on 13 Oct 2002 17:12:02 -0000


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Re: [spoon-discuss] Catastrophe


On 10/13/02 at 5:56 AM Orc In A Spacesuit wrote:

>Hey, I did some more searches in the English language, as well in others,
>and I got this:
>The German word Unglück means all of these:
>accident
>bad luck
>calamity
>catastrophe
>disaster
>fatality
>harm
>hoodoo
>misadventure
>misfortune
>mishap
>wreck
>to be unlucky
>
>We can either use Unglück, or one of those, for Catastrophe.  Any
>preferences?

I'd prefer not to have to use an umlaut.

How about fail-safe?

						Glotmorf


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