Bausünde

English translation: eyesores

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German term or phrase:	Bausünde
English translation:	eyesores
Entered by:	jerrie

10:59 Jul 14, 2002

German to English translations [PRO]

German term or phrase: Bausünde

Es wird keine städtebaulichen Bausünden geben.

architechtural monstrosities?

Gunilla Zedigh KudoZ activity Questions: 296 (4 open) (7 without valid answers) Answers: 108 Germany
Local time: 05:08

eyesores

Explanation:
monstrosities
mistakes

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Note added at 2002-07-14 14:09:46 (GMT)
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blot on the landscape...is another one

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jerrie
United Kingdom
Local time: 04:08

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thanks
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Summary of answers provided

4 +10

eyesores

jerrie

Answers

5 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +10

eyesores

jerrie
United Kingdom
Local time: 04:08
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in pair: 1469

Grading comment

thanks

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)

agree

Rowan Morrell: "Eyesores" is nice.

2 mins

-> Thanks

agree

Alan Johnson: same here

8 mins

-> Thanks

agree

hartran (X): agree with eyesores

9 mins

-> Thanks

agree

Сергей Лузан: Yes, one American told me once, and I agreed absolutely then! As well as I do now.

16 mins

-> Thanks...there's a lot of them about!

agree

Trudy Peters

43 mins

-> Thanks

agree

JFlatau: soounds good

1 hr

-> Thanks

agree

gangels (X): white elephants Wasteful, mistargeted construction projects, rather than sheer ugliness)

2 hrs

-> blot on the landscape...is another one!

agree

Chris Rowson (X): Thankfully avoiding that appalling self-righteous utterance of Prince Charles which I am glad to have forgotten (please don´t remind me :-)

2 hrs

-> Bless him and his architectural master plans...keep talking to the flowers!

agree

Cristina Moldovan do Amaral

9 hrs

agree

stefana

1 day 7 hrs

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