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Well, this ruling could still be challenged by the Bundesverfassungsgericht. So I think you are getting the wrong impression from "Supreme Court".

baldfat 11y ago
> Bundesverfassungsgericht I always smile seeing long German words. I just imagine some fellow American being in a public setting and having to attempt to pronounce the word. I am a horrible speller and I feel I would be so much worst if I had to spell German words.
- denzil_correa 11y ago
  In Germany, if a Youtube video isn't available - it shows that the video isn't available due to an organization named GEMA. I wondered what GEMA was and promptly searched to find out this. Sigh! > Gesellschaft für musikalische Aufführungs- und mechanische Vervielfältigungsrechte https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GEMA_(German_organization) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GEMA_(German_organization)
- couchand 11y ago
  Not to get too far off-topic, but the mitigating factor is that German has quite regular pronunciation. As soon as you hear a new word you likely know exactly how it's spelled.
  - baldfat 11y ago
    As opposed to English!!! http://mentalfloss.com/article/49960/why-english-spelling-so-messed http://mentalfloss.com/article/49960/why-english-spelling-so...
    - ajmurmann 11y ago
      German used to be more like that buta spelling reform in 1996 fixed many of these issues. All my spelling grades got significantly better (less terrible) once that happened.
    - meatysnapper 11y ago
      Thanks for nothing, Normandy!
- tinco 11y ago
  Well, long German words are just contractions, so a misspelling of 'Bundesverfassungsgericht' would be 'Bundes verfassungs gericht' which roughly would be 'federal constitutional court'. So if you'd like to know how it feels spelling in this style, just try spelling federalconstitutionalcourt. In English contractions like that are rare and sound weird when pronounced, but in German there is a sort of rhythm to it that makes it fit and not sound much different (if at all) from if they were not contracted.
  - gioele 11y ago
    > In English contractions like that are rare and sound weird when pronounced, English does exactly the same: "3-year mandatory contract" is pronounced as a single word. It is just a matter of writing convention. «English word chains such as _child labour law_ may count as well, because it is merely an orthographic convention to write them as isolated words. Grammatically and phonetically they behave like one word (stress on the first syllable, plural morpheme at the end).» https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synthetic_language https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synthetic_language
    - tinco 11y ago
      Cool thanks, always nice to have some theory behind it. When I pronounced 'federalconstitutionalcourt' I did it like I imagined a CNN news reader would pronounce it, with big emphasis on each word. When I try as you say with stress on the first syllable it does sound more like one word, not so awkward at all.
Tomte 11y ago
Probably not. I just don't see a valid constitutional complaint anywhere. That's what I mean with "Constitutional Court is not above the Federal Court". Unlike the U.S. Supreme Court, the Federal Constitutional Court only deals with constitutional questions. It is decidedly not an appellate court. And even if you wanted to claim the decision was wrong, a simple error in judgment by another court is not grounds for constitutional review.

baldfat 11y ago

> Bundesverfassungsgericht I always smile seeing long German words. I just imagine some fellow American being in a public setting and having to attempt to pronounce the word. I am a horrible speller and I feel I would be so much worst if I had to spell German words.

denzil_correa 11y ago
In Germany, if a Youtube video isn't available - it shows that the video isn't available due to an organization named GEMA. I wondered what GEMA was and promptly searched to find out this. Sigh! > Gesellschaft für musikalische Aufführungs- und mechanische Vervielfältigungsrechte https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GEMA_(German_organization) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GEMA_(German_organization)
couchand 11y ago
Not to get too far off-topic, but the mitigating factor is that German has quite regular pronunciation. As soon as you hear a new word you likely know exactly how it's spelled.
- baldfat 11y ago
  As opposed to English!!! http://mentalfloss.com/article/49960/why-english-spelling-so-messed http://mentalfloss.com/article/49960/why-english-spelling-so...
  - ajmurmann 11y ago
    German used to be more like that buta spelling reform in 1996 fixed many of these issues. All my spelling grades got significantly better (less terrible) once that happened.
  - meatysnapper 11y ago
    Thanks for nothing, Normandy!
tinco 11y ago
Well, long German words are just contractions, so a misspelling of 'Bundesverfassungsgericht' would be 'Bundes verfassungs gericht' which roughly would be 'federal constitutional court'. So if you'd like to know how it feels spelling in this style, just try spelling federalconstitutionalcourt. In English contractions like that are rare and sound weird when pronounced, but in German there is a sort of rhythm to it that makes it fit and not sound much different (if at all) from if they were not contracted.
- gioele 11y ago
  > In English contractions like that are rare and sound weird when pronounced, English does exactly the same: "3-year mandatory contract" is pronounced as a single word. It is just a matter of writing convention. «English word chains such as _child labour law_ may count as well, because it is merely an orthographic convention to write them as isolated words. Grammatically and phonetically they behave like one word (stress on the first syllable, plural morpheme at the end).» https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synthetic_language https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synthetic_language
  - tinco 11y ago
    Cool thanks, always nice to have some theory behind it. When I pronounced 'federalconstitutionalcourt' I did it like I imagined a CNN news reader would pronounce it, with big emphasis on each word. When I try as you say with stress on the first syllable it does sound more like one word, not so awkward at all.

Tomte 11y ago

Probably not. I just don't see a valid constitutional complaint anywhere. That's what I mean with "Constitutional Court is not above the Federal Court". Unlike the U.S. Supreme Court, the Federal Constitutional Court only deals with constitutional questions. It is decidedly not an appellate court. And even if you wanted to claim the decision was wrong, a simple error in judgment by another court is not grounds for constitutional review.