Dieser Foto-Blog soll die empfohlene Tagesration Pinguin liefern. Täglich frisch zubereitet (fotografiert). Oder durch einen Griff in den Arzneischrank (Fotoarchiv). Seit meiner Antarktis-Reise 2009/2010 lagern dort Schätze. Medizinische und fotografische. Für Generationen noch.

Penguins are said to populate only a very limited part of our planet. If you look out for penguins, however, you will start to discover them in the most common places. In the average European city. In your daily life. In your household. Everywhere.

Angeblich leben Pinguine nur in der Antarktis und an ein paar ganz wenigen anderen Plätzen auf unserem Planeten. Wenn man allerdings aufmerksam durch die Welt geht, stellt man plötzlich fest, dass sie an den ungewöhnlichsten Orten auftauchen. Oder an den gewöhnlichsten. Selbst Europas Hauptstädte sind voll von Pinguinen. Wien ist voll von ihnen.

Monday, 12 September 2011

Penguinity | Pinguinität

Penguins In Dictionaries  | Der Pinguin im Wörterbuch  



Perhaps you were out of sorts with life when you met him, but one cannot be angry when one looks at a Penguin Person. But do you say that the original bird is not like that at all, that he is the most stupid of fellows? Ah! then you have never seen a penguin swim! He is grace and beauty and skill in the water. If it were only his stupidity that made us smile, not he, but the hen, would be the most amusing of God's creatures. It is something more subtle, more personal, than that. It can only be described as Penguinity. Penguinity! The word is not in the dictionaries; it is beyond the pale of the purists; in coining it I am fully aware that I violate the canons of the Harvard English Department, that I fly in the face of philology, waving a red rag. Yet I do it gladly, assertively, for I have confidence that some day, when Penguin Persons have taken their rightful place in the world's estimation, the world will not be able to dispense with my little word, which will then overthrow the dictionary despotism and enter unchallenged the leather strongholds of Webster and Murray. Walter Prichard Eaton (1878-1957) in "Penguin persons & peppermints"

Wortart: Substantiv, maskulin  Worttrennung: Pin|gu|in  Bedeutung: flugunfähiger, aufrecht gehender, im Wasser geschickt schwimmender Vogel der Antarktis mit flossenähnlichen Flügeln und meist schwarzem, auf dem Bauch weißem Gefieder  Lautschrift: [ˈpɪŋguiːn]  Herkunft: ungeklärt  duden.de

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