Tipsy Donne is not amused.

[mothwing]

According to our exam registration office, the title of my final paper is [sic!]:

"Event and Performativity in John Donne's Snaps and Sonnets and Divine Poems".

Needless to say, the title should be, "Event and Performativity in John Donne's Songs and Sonnets and Divine Poems" - at least that's what my professor said he'd hand in, and I sincerely doubt he'd make such a big typo. I have no idea what's up with the random text style of the title, nor what the fuck "snaps and sonnets" are supposed to be, but I do know one thing: officially, titles can't be changed after they are handed in at the registration office, especially not once they are sent out.

So I might end up writing 60-80 pages on snaps, which, according to Wikipedia, is:

"a small shot of a strong alcoholic beverage taken during the course of a meal. A ritual that is associated with drinking snaps is a tradition in Scandinavia, especially in Sweden and in some cases Denmark."

Or, of course, the plural of snap:

"a pair of interlocking discs commonly used in place of buttons to fasten clothing. A circular lip under one disc fits into a groove on the top of the other, holding them fast until a certain amount of force is applied. Snap fasteners are often used in children's clothing, as they are relatively easy for youngsters to use."

I think I may need some snaps now...

Comments

[lordhellebore]

Oh the joys of German bureaoucracy. Aber mal ernsthaft, das Lehrerprüfungsmat ist doch sowieso voll mit Totaltrotteln.

[mothwing.livejournal.com]

Aber echt mal, ich hasse es, die bauen nur Mist. -_-

[krakelwok.livejournal.com]

Kann man da nicht anfragen und falls nötig Einspruch einlegen?

[utter-pirate.livejournal.com]

Exploding Snap! ;)

Seriously, that's tragically hilarious.

Tragic because I can't believe they messed up something as important as this and hilarious because nobody realised 'Snaps and Sonnets' is not, in fact, a commonly used title for English poetry collections...

Long-lost edition...

[utter-pirate.livejournal.com]

[mothwing.livejournal.com]

Ich werd es Montag erfahren. Ich hoffe es ja mal für die Herrschaften!

[mothwing.livejournal.com]

I doubt that these people know much about... anything, really. That's why we have to write our final papers in German while Crocky can write hers in any language she likes.

It's still baffling just how badly these people managed to fail, as I can't believe that any spell checker would turn a misspelled "songs" into "snaps". o.O

Re: Long-lost edition...

[mothwing.livejournal.com]

♥ I love it.

[lordhellebore]

Na muss doch gehen! Wenn die das falsch aufschreiben...

Re: Long-lost edition...

[mothwing.livejournal.com]

Also:

[mothwing.livejournal.com]

Sollte man meinen, aber ich will nicht wisssen, wo ich da überall hinlaufen muss und was ich alles ausfüllen und stempeln lassen muss, damit das auch tatsächlich was wird.

[lordhellebore]

Dummer deutscher Formulardschungel.

[mothwing.livejournal.com]

Worst case scenario: sie müssen mir die Meldungsunterlagen noch mal schicken, dadurch verschieben sich meine mündlichen Prüfungen und Klausuren nach hinten, wodurch sie in den nächsten Turnus kommen, wodurch ich doch ein halbes Jahr später fertig werde. Aber ich glaub nicht, dass das passieren wird.

Ich werde gleich als erstes morgen meinem Prüfer mailen, vielleicht hat der eine Idee, was man machen kann.

[mothwing.livejournal.com]

Oh! Danke für die SMS. *hugs* Meine Prepaidkarte ist leider alle, sonst würde ich antworten.

[lordhellebore]

Hast ja jetzt geantworter ;)

[rymenhild.livejournal.com]

OH SNAP.

I looked at your journal after finding the article at article_request. Since you are an academic with Old English all over your journal and you write hilarious Anne McCaffrey rants, I clearly need to friend you. Hi!

[mothwing.livejournal.com]

Hi! Well, sadly there isn't much Old English going on these days, sadly, because I'm more into Middle High German, but welcome to my Journal, anyway. I find your book icon really attractive, I as I love both Swinburne and the Lemony Snicket series.

[rymenhild.livejournal.com]

That's all right! I have no MHG, but we can share the dead languages between us. These days I'm mostly reading Middle English with Anglo-Norman marginalia, anyway.