Štrumfi / ştrumfi revisited
An extra twist to our Smurf lore:
Regardless of the little blue miscreants' origin with a Belgian artist, you'd think "Štrumfi" would be a Balkan adaptation of something German like "strumpf," right?
Bzzt.
I asked my German language teacher last week what Germans call them. The answer?
Die Schlümpfe.
Mind your umlauts. I'm still shaking my head over all this.
P.S. I finally got my Canon Powershot back from the Canon repair people. (I managed to crack the LCD monitor right before I left Montenegro...arg...). When I first sent it in, I got a speedy e-mail telling me that it was still under warranty, such that that particular repair would be free. Which is odd, because I have strong doubts that I remembered to send in any warranty registration. :-)
But I ain't complainin'. Canon just gave me great service despite my own risk-taking / stupidity. Woo hoo!
