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A comment on Associations Among School Absenteeism, G.I. and Respiratory Illness, and Income. Parent comment

Re:Associations Among School Absenteeism, G.I. and Respirato... by Tepix on Saturday March 09, 2019 @10:59AM (#19346722)
McDonald's in Germany is unlikely to pay your wage when you stay at home to take care of your kids, but many other employers do.

Anyway, you still have a right to get Kinderkrankengeld for 10 days per year, paid by the national health insurance. Enjoy!

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Re:Associations Among School Absenteeism, G.I. and Respirato... by saltcured on Saturday March 09, 2019 @02:16PM (#19347881)
Kinderkrankengeld. Child-sickness money.

Seeing this new (to me) word gave me a little meta-joy this morning. Not for the topic at hand, but for the wonderful German word compounding.

Not quite as musical as my favorite three-part compound to date. The Thai word pronounced "malang-tao-tong" is roughly insect-turtle-gold and describes what we would call a ladybug in the US.

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