Comments on: How to say (or write) “bed bug” in 30 languages http://bedbugger.com/2008/01/29/how-to-say-or-write-bed-bug-in-30-languages/ bed bug news, information, activism, and support Sat, 21 Nov 2009 07:14:38 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: NC http://bedbugger.com/2008/01/29/how-to-say-or-write-bed-bug-in-30-languages/comment-page-1/#comment-17623 NC Sun, 02 Aug 2009 04:47:25 +0000 http://bedbugger.com/2008/01/29/how-to-say-or-write-bed-bug-in-30-languages/#comment-17623 In Urdu and Hindi bedbugs are called "Khatmal." Sources: http://www.netpakistani.com/community/forums/6879/1/22006/ http://badwanne.blogspot.com/2007/02/khatmal-unwelcome-guest.html In Urdu and Hindi bedbugs are called “Khatmal.”
Sources:
http://www.netpakistani.com/community/forums/6879/1/22006/
http://badwanne.blogspot.com/2007/02/khatmal-unwelcome-guest.html

]]> By: slowpoke http://bedbugger.com/2008/01/29/how-to-say-or-write-bed-bug-in-30-languages/comment-page-1/#comment-17474 slowpoke Mon, 20 Jul 2009 09:26:32 +0000 http://bedbugger.com/2008/01/29/how-to-say-or-write-bed-bug-in-30-languages/#comment-17474 Oops, sorry, I had that wrong. Buha is flea. The correct word in Croatian or Bosnian is similar to the Slovenian word "stenica." The word is "stijenica" (stee-ye-neet-sa). Oops, sorry, I had that wrong. Buha is flea. The correct word in Croatian or Bosnian is similar to the Slovenian word “stenica.” The word is “stijenica” (stee-ye-neet-sa).

]]> By: slowpoke http://bedbugger.com/2008/01/29/how-to-say-or-write-bed-bug-in-30-languages/comment-page-1/#comment-17450 slowpoke Sat, 18 Jul 2009 18:29:18 +0000 http://bedbugger.com/2008/01/29/how-to-say-or-write-bed-bug-in-30-languages/#comment-17450 As I've been going through what is hopefully just bb paranoia while living overseas, I have learned that the word for bb in Croatian/Serbian/Bosnian is: buha As I’ve been going through what is hopefully just bb paranoia while living overseas, I have learned that the word for bb in Croatian/Serbian/Bosnian is: buha

]]> By: nobugsonme http://bedbugger.com/2008/01/29/how-to-say-or-write-bed-bug-in-30-languages/comment-page-1/#comment-15861 nobugsonme Thu, 14 May 2009 20:04:59 +0000 http://bedbugger.com/2008/01/29/how-to-say-or-write-bed-bug-in-30-languages/#comment-15861 Please, please, please tell us how to write "bed bug(s)" in your language! <a href="http://www2.clustrmaps.com/counter/maps.php?url=http://bedbugger.com&type=small&category=plus&clusters=no&map=world" rel="nofollow">We know</a> you're reading this! ;-) Please, please, please tell us how to write “bed bug(s)” in your language!
We know you’re reading this! ;-)

]]> By: nobugsonme http://bedbugger.com/2008/01/29/how-to-say-or-write-bed-bug-in-30-languages/comment-page-1/#comment-15860 nobugsonme Thu, 14 May 2009 19:54:12 +0000 http://bedbugger.com/2008/01/29/how-to-say-or-write-bed-bug-in-30-languages/#comment-15860 Update 5/2009: Added screenshot above since characters did not all display properly. Added link to PDF of a multi-lingual warning sign from Italian entomologist and Bedbugger reader EffeCi (Thanks, Franco!) Update 5/2009:

Added screenshot above since characters did not all display properly.

Added link to PDF of a multi-lingual warning sign from Italian entomologist and Bedbugger reader EffeCi (Thanks, Franco!)

]]> By: glitch http://bedbugger.com/2008/01/29/how-to-say-or-write-bed-bug-in-30-languages/comment-page-1/#comment-12525 glitch Sat, 27 Sep 2008 14:23:17 +0000 http://bedbugger.com/2008/01/29/how-to-say-or-write-bed-bug-in-30-languages/#comment-12525 NB glitch is the former Anxious and Itchting. NB glitch is the former Anxious and Itchting.

]]> By: glitch http://bedbugger.com/2008/01/29/how-to-say-or-write-bed-bug-in-30-languages/comment-page-1/#comment-12524 glitch Sat, 27 Sep 2008 14:09:49 +0000 http://bedbugger.com/2008/01/29/how-to-say-or-write-bed-bug-in-30-languages/#comment-12524 I understand from the apparently nascent Dutch site http://bedwants.nl that in The Netherlands the costs are for the tenant, because this is something the landlord cannot prevent. However, if an infestation occurs or "does well" via holes in the walls for instance, which are the landlord's responsibility, then the landlord is liable for the repair. I have no links to this as yet. The bedwants site is as yet very small, completely in Dutch, but does contain a very germane <a href="http://www.bedwants.nl/N_frame.html?http://www.bedwants.nl/N_xp_7.html" rel="nofollow"> life-cycle drawing </a>. Worth looking at if you think that all bedbugs you may see will be as big as half a centimetre (a quarter of an inch) across. It is my personal experience that they may be much smaller. Further <a href="http://www.gezond.amsterdam.nl/client/1/?websiteid=1&contentid=436&hoofdid=425&pagetitle=Bedwantsen" rel="nofollow"> the GGD site has info in Dutch </a> about bedbugs, all pretty much standard stuff to date. I think the atmosphere here could be described as "the calm before the storm". Thanks for your hope. I'm still hoping too. I understand from the apparently nascent Dutch site http://bedwants.nl that in The Netherlands the costs are for the tenant, because this is something the landlord cannot prevent. However, if an infestation occurs or “does well” via holes in the walls for instance, which are the landlord’s responsibility, then the landlord is liable for the repair. I have no links to this as yet.

The bedwants site is as yet very small, completely in Dutch, but does contain a very germane life-cycle drawing . Worth looking at if you think that all bedbugs you may see will be as big as half a centimetre (a quarter of an inch) across. It is my personal experience that they may be much smaller.

Further the GGD site has info in Dutch about bedbugs, all pretty much standard stuff to date. I think the atmosphere here could be described as “the calm before the storm”.

Thanks for your hope. I’m still hoping too.

]]> By: nobugsonme http://bedbugger.com/2008/01/29/how-to-say-or-write-bed-bug-in-30-languages/comment-page-1/#comment-11731 nobugsonme Sun, 31 Aug 2008 13:18:55 +0000 http://bedbugger.com/2008/01/29/how-to-say-or-write-bed-bug-in-30-languages/#comment-11731 Anxious and Itching, Thanks for the information! Can you enlighten us to the law regarding tenants (renting their flats) and bed bugs in Amsterdam? Are they, or landlords, responsible for payment? (If you have any relevant links about that, I will add them to the FAQ on this.) I also hope you don't need the GGD to treat. Anxious and Itching,
Thanks for the information!

Can you enlighten us to the law regarding tenants (renting their flats) and bed bugs in Amsterdam? Are they, or landlords, responsible for payment? (If you have any relevant links about that, I will add them to the FAQ on this.)

I also hope you don’t need the GGD to treat.

]]> By: Anxious and itching http://bedbugger.com/2008/01/29/how-to-say-or-write-bed-bug-in-30-languages/comment-page-1/#comment-11727 Anxious and itching Sun, 31 Aug 2008 10:25:49 +0000 http://bedbugger.com/2008/01/29/how-to-say-or-write-bed-bug-in-30-languages/#comment-11727 A comment on the Dutch, which I feel qualified to do having lived here for 34 years. The word "wandluis" (literally "wall-louse", pronounce as Engl. "wandlouse") is an old and well-known but somewhat vaguer term, with a slight inherent danger of being used to indicate any arthropod crawling up the wall. Indeed some on-line dictionaries give it as the Dutch for bedbug, but the term used preferentially in Dutch information now in my direct experience is "bedwants" (pronounce as Engl. "bed-once"). As Dutch contributor Andijvieblaadje (don't bother trying to pronounce) points out in <a href="http://bedbugger.com/forum/topic/differences-in-bedbug-control-america-europe#post-2835" rel="nofollow">this forum post</a>, the phenomenon is still very new here. I had to convince my doctor on the phone first that it wasn't fleas, lice or mosquitoes, and then he had to go away for an hour to look up the information, then call me back. In Amsterdam de-infestation is done by the municipal GGD, though they charge for their services. I hope I'm not going to need them. A comment on the Dutch, which I feel qualified to do having lived here for 34 years. The word “wandluis” (literally “wall-louse”, pronounce as Engl. “wandlouse”) is an old and well-known but somewhat vaguer term, with a slight inherent danger of being used to indicate any arthropod crawling up the wall. Indeed some on-line dictionaries give it as the Dutch for bedbug, but the term used preferentially in Dutch information now in my direct experience is “bedwants” (pronounce as Engl. “bed-once”). As Dutch contributor Andijvieblaadje (don’t bother trying to pronounce) points out in this forum post, the phenomenon is still very new here. I had to convince my doctor on the phone first that it wasn’t fleas, lice or mosquitoes, and then he had to go away for an hour to look up the information, then call me back. In Amsterdam de-infestation is done by the municipal GGD, though they charge for their services. I hope I’m not going to need them.

]]> By: nobugsonme http://bedbugger.com/2008/01/29/how-to-say-or-write-bed-bug-in-30-languages/comment-page-1/#comment-8302 nobugsonme Wed, 30 Jan 2008 17:35:57 +0000 http://bedbugger.com/2008/01/29/how-to-say-or-write-bed-bug-in-30-languages/#comment-8302 Updated! Thanks Winston. Updated! Thanks Winston.

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