Re: [spoon-discuss] Catastrophe

["Baron von Skippy" <baronvonskippy@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

> > 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 kind of like 'hoodoo'... though 'accident' has a certain charm to it...
>
> "I'm afraid dear Mr. Glotmorf has had a bit of an... 'accident', if you
> will..."
>
> Yeah, that's got a nice ring...
>
> --
> Wonko
-But "accident" makes everyone believe that you did it. This may be true, 
but to avoid blame, "mishap" or "misfortune" works better: "It seems that 
our friend bd has had a bit of a mishap involving a ferret and fifteen 
pounds of okra..."-

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