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"black eye season"

German translation: Tornado-Saison

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English term or phrase:\"black eye season\"
German translation:Tornado-Saison
Entered by: Katy62

04:22 May 7, 2010
English to German translations [PRO]
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English term or phrase: "black eye season"
Aus einem Brief von einer Enkelin (USA) an ihre Oma:

The Island survived this year's black eye season with minimal damage. Like the rest of the spring, it was early.

Ich konnte leider nichts im www finden.
Katy62
Local time: 06:18
Tornado-Saison
Explanation:
Nur eine Vermutung. "Black eye" scheint eine Anspielung auf "eye of the tornado" oder "eye of the storm" zu sein. Frühling ist jedenfalls die typische Tornado-Saison.

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Note added at 3 hrs (2010-05-07 07:34:48 GMT)
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Tornado-Saison deshalb, weil die typische Saison für hurricanes von Juni bis November dauert und daher hier nicht zutrifft.
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Nicole Schnell
United States
Local time: 21:18
Grading comment
Vielen Dank! Darauf wäre ich allerdings nie gekommen
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Tornado-Saison


Explanation:
Nur eine Vermutung. "Black eye" scheint eine Anspielung auf "eye of the tornado" oder "eye of the storm" zu sein. Frühling ist jedenfalls die typische Tornado-Saison.

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Note added at 3 hrs (2010-05-07 07:34:48 GMT)
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Tornado-Saison deshalb, weil die typische Saison für hurricanes von Juni bis November dauert und daher hier nicht zutrifft.

Nicole Schnell
United States
Local time: 21:18
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 71
Grading comment
Vielen Dank! Darauf wäre ich allerdings nie gekommen

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Annett Hieber
34 mins
  -> Danke, Annett!
agree  Nicole Backhaus
2 hrs
  -> Danke, Nicole!
agree  Ingeborg Gowans (X): exactly: the eye of the storm, nice pun on "black-eyed Susan" (flower) btw
7 hrs
  -> Nice pun, indeed! Thanks, Ingeborg! :-)
agree  Rolf Keiser
11 hrs
  -> Danke, Goldcoaster!
agree  Johanna Timm, PhD: ich dachte eher an herumfliegende Bretter und andere Objekte, die zu "black eyes" führen :-))
14 hrs
  -> Autsch! Ja, ja, das kann ins Auge gehen. :-))) Danke, Johanna! :-)
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