Greeting

[EternalFrustration]

Hi everyone! I'm mostly a lurker, I only posted a few times on previous incarnations of the board, but I've been a longtime fan of the site ever since I found it. Maybe it's that sick sense of joy at other people's misfortunes, isn't there a word for that in German? Anyhow, pretty much all of you are my heroes for dealing with such insanity (or is it inanity) on a daily basis.

[Rapscallion]

Maybe it's that sick sense of joy at other people's misfortunes, isn't there a word for that in German?

I believe you mean shadenfreude.

Welcome aboard! Lurk no more.

Rapscallion

[EternalFrustration]

I believe you mean shadenfreude.

Welcome aboard! Lurk no more.

Rapscallion

How do you pronounce that?

[Rapscallion]

Usually with my mouth.

Rapscallion

[myswtghst]

Raps, you make me giggle.

Also, greetings EternalFrustration! Welcome to the board.

[Chanlin]

shadenfreude = Sha (short a sound) - den - froid

[DrugstoreJulie]

I just realized, there really isn´t a proper English word for Schadenfreude

Native speakers pronounce it like this:

Sha (as in shack)
-den (as the bears den)
-freud (as in Siegmund Freud, "eu" is always pronounced like the oy in oyster)
- e (an e with yout mouth looking like this smiley )

Greets,
Julie who is often full of Schadenfreude, too

[Ree]

to CS, EternalFrustration.

I see you tend to lurk a bit. I hope you'll share some stories with us, or offer feedback to others on theirs. The more, the merrier.