What tickles me is that the order of the three parts of the body is the opposite way round in the two languages. Obviously, this is because they are listed in alphabetical order, but I still think it's funny that the lists are a "mirror image" of each other.
Musings on life, the universe and everything - including the English and German languages - by a Welshie in Germany.
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