:-)

Mit meinem Nokia geht das wohl, aber nur unter Schmerzen.

Siehe die Kommentare hier:

http://krautblog-ulrich.blogspot.com/2008/11/new-topic_25.html

“‘Howl like a castle dog’ (heulen wie ein Schlosshund) meaning “cry one’s heart out”, “bawl uncontrollably”. I’ll have to find out why castle dogs are supposed to be particularly fond of howling…

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Maybe castle dogs are just very big dogs, so their crying is outsized too? I picture the Hound of the Baskervilles, which was larger than life in a very old Sherlock Holmes film… Happy Thanksgiving!

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BTW German Schloss doesn’t necessarily mean “castle”–it’s not fortified–the word for a fortified castle in German is Burg. Schloss also doesn’t really mean “palace” b/c German has the same word, Palast, which may be more opulent than a Schloss and need not be tied to nobility. A Schloss, then, is a non-fortified abode for nobility, and it may be modest, i.e. not a palace. It’s called slots in Danish and, possibly, other Skandinavian languages–I’m sure Dutch has a similar word, too. I always wondered why there is no English equivalent, i.e. why “castle” has to cover both German Burg and Schloss.”