Re: [AUD]: "Song Stuck in Your Head" phenomenon

[Roland Mathijssen <R.W.M.Mathijssen@xxxxxxxxx>]

The dictionary translates Oorworm (that's Dutch for Ohrwurm) into Earwig.

Can't help it. It's the animal, not the exact translation, that one needs (I
guess). Otherwise a Butterfly should be translated into Butterfliege instead
of Vlinder (Dutch) or Schmetterling (German).... (or how do you write it in
German).

Cheers,
  Roland
http://www.didgeweb.com/

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Christian Spevak [SMTP:christian@SPEVAK.DE]
> Sent: Sunday, January 21, 2001 12:17 PM
> To:   AUDITORY@LISTS.MCGILL.CA
> Subject:      Re: [AUD]: "Song Stuck in Your Head" phenomenon
>
> > This may or may not be of interest, but in German a song stuck in your
> > head is called an "Ohrwurm" (lit. "earwig").  Very descriptive! :)
>
> I may be wrong here, since I'm not a native English speaker, but I think
> "wig" is not the correct translation for "wurm", because the German word
> "Wurm" means "worm", while "wig" has (according to Merriam Webster's
> dictionary the following meanings:
>
> 1 a : a manufactured covering of natural or synthetic hair for the head
>  b : TOUPEE 2
> 2 : an act of wigging : REBUKE
>
> Therefore I'd suggest "earworm"...
>
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