"An average sentence, in a German newspaper, is a sublime and impressive curiosity; it occupies a quarter of a column; it contains all the ten parts of speech -- not in regular order, but mixed; it is built mainly of compound words constructed by the writer on the spot, and not to be found in any dictionary -- six or seven words compacted into one, without joint or seam -- that is, without hyphens; it treats of fourteen or fifteen different subjects, each inclosed in a parenthesis of its own, with here and there extra parentheses which reinclose three or four of the minor parentheses, making pens within pens: finally, all the parentheses and reparentheses are massed together between a couple of king-parentheses, one of which is placed in the first line of the majestic sentence and the other in the middle of the last line of it --after which comes the VERB, and you find out for the first time what the man has been talking about".
Mark Twain, The Awful German Language, 1880
Mark Twain may have described the German language as 'awful' in his 1880 essay The Awful German Language, and while the English-speaking student beginning to learn German may reel at the sheer length of some German words, the language has an unparalleled ability to construct extremely useful compound words, which are completely lacking in English. And the best part is, any German speaker can make these words up and still have another German speaker understand what they are trying to say.
The below puzzle is based on the 2013 book Schottenfreude by Ben Schott. The book is a collection of (made-up) German words to describe modern phenomenons or 'first world problems'.
To find the final coordinates, solve the puzzle:
A = The smug self-satisfaction of those behind the wheel of a vintage car
B = The exhausting effort of being a good houseguest
C = The fear that you will be found out
D = The sudden, innervating clarity afforded by new glasses
E = The false sensation of movement when, looking out from a stationary train, you see another train depart
F = A perambulation taken with the specific intention of contemplation
G = The fleeting sense of disorientation on waking in a strange bed
H = The pride some people take in having a rare blood type
I = Stepping down heavily on a stair that isn’t there
J = Reading horoscopes you don't believe in
The cache is located at:
N 53 1(E-C).(A-D)(H-I+B)(F-J)
W 006 0(A-I).(D-J+G)(C-H-B)(J-I)
***Please note there is nothing hidden at the posted coordinates***
"These things are not words, they are alphabetical processions".
Mark Twain, The Awful German Language, 1880
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***Congratulations to THE_Chris for FTF!***