So, GeNdanken, while this site was down, I was browsing the net ... out of curiosity, wondering if there is a word like "geNdanken" -- and I found plenty!


But this is *the* best -- it could be Gendy's anthem:



DIE GEDANKEN SIND FREI
(MY THOUGHTS ARE FREE)

Words & music traditional; translated from the German by Arthur Kevess


Die Gendanken sind frei, my thoughts freely flower
Die Gendanken sind frei, my thoughts give me power
No scholar can map them, no hunter can trap them
No one can deny, die gendanken sind frei


I think as I please & this gives me pleasure
My conscience decrees, this right I must treasure
My thoughts will not cater to duke or dictator
No one can deny, die gendanken sing frei

And should tyrants take me & throw me in prison
My thoughts will burst free like blossoms in season
Foundations will crumble & structures will tumble
And free folk will cry "Die Gendanken sind frei"

From:
http://www.autodidactproject.org/other/thoughtsfree.html


See also (use the search option):

http://www.thesafetyvalve.com/archives/2003_03.html
http://www.iidb.org/vbb/archive/index.php/t-91702


And plenty more! You are notorious, Gendanken!

Well, it looks like there are plenty of people unable to write "gedanken" instead of "gendanken".

Perhaps a query into her former title, Smegma, would prove more entertaining.

Oh yes, there is so much info on Smegma on the net. Just look here for example:

http://www.cirp.org/library/normal/wright1/

Warning, disturbing pictures. And, depending on your country probably mature content. Nonetheless, it is a serious site.

http://www.circlist.com/anatterms/phimotic.html

Hey, this is about GENDANKEN, okay? Start your own thread on other things of your interest.

Well, it is about "Gendanken" in a certain way... at least about her user former user title... :D

Anyway, I even find german sites that insert the "n" in Gedanken. (and some are even found on sites of commercial magazines and newspapers)

Anyway, I even find german sites that insert the "n" in Gedanken. (and some are even found on sites of commercial magazines and newspapers)

Yes! I was totally amazed to see German sites with that extra n in "Gedanken". I wonder why this happens.

It could be a phonological reason: The word is made of three syllables, and the last two end in an n: ge-dan-ken. It could be that because of the strive to make a word well-sounding (wohlklingend), rhyming, all three syllables are unified, and thus end with a n.

Also, another phonological principle may be at work here at the same time: g, d and k are stops. D is homorgan with n (that is, articulated the same way; to test it, hold your nose and say "nose" -- you should hear "dose").

Sometimes, sounds assimilate to be articulated easier, even additional sounds are inserted to make a certain sound group be articulated easier. [Here, Fraggle Rocker will have to jump in for English!]
For example, a German word is written "kommt", but when spoken, it actually sounds like "kommpt".

Anyway, that additional n could be the result of these two principles, working in tandem.

Might be, I do not think that it is a simple typo, for that, the distance between the keys is too big.

But still, I am pretty sure that I never wrote Gedanken with an "n"... But then again, there are many people in Germany who have not yet mastered this language. (Considering the millions of immigrants and the idiots I went to school with I should not be surprised)

Warning, disturbing pictures. And, depending on your country probably mature content. Nonetheless, it is a serious site.

http://www.circlist.com/anatterms/phimotic.html


I fucking hate you for making me click on that.
:mad:

I have warned you, so blame your curiosity for clicking on it. :p

Damn, sargentlard's outrage made me click on it :(
To prevent more people falling into this trap;

THE LINK IS ABOUT PENIS DISEASES. IT HAS PENIS PICTURES. DO NOT CLICK ON IT OR YOU WILL SEE GROSS PENIS'. DON'T BE FOOLED BY DREAMWALKERS WARNING. THERE ARE NO NAKED CHICKS WITH INSERTIONS GONE WRONG OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. JUST LOTS AND LOTS OF PENIS

That should work

maybe I'm stupid but what does this have to do with anything? someone mentioned gendanken, is that it?

If you have an issue with another user you might want to try PM'ing them or at least make some coherent point if your going to bother to start a thread.

I guess I just don't understand the reason for this.

Well, this thread is about Gendanken, not necessarily as a member, just as a word. As Rosa pointed out, she just typed Gendanken into some search engine and looked at the results.

Obviously, the word Gendanken is found pretty often, alas, the correct writing would be Gedanken.

Anyway, Jubatus said that a search for he former user title "Smegma" might be more entertaining. I did that and well the links I gave are about... smegma.
Which happens to be an excreta of the male genitals, this can lead to a serious infection on said organs. So yes, my links are about penis infections... :D

Ha!

I could claim being a bloody genius knowing beforehand this song was out there.
I could claim having neatly orchestrated a hybrid name of thought with gender, being female.
I could claim all the strokes of brilliance in the book and lie to myself but truth is.....I fucked up in the spelling.


Gedanken as opposed to Gendanken, reflecting my love affair with Einstein.
Born almost exactly a hundred years apart.

"Die Gendanken"

*giggles* how amusing