It does make me laugh, however, that the Germans, when pressed to come up with a loving and affectionate term for one's dearest darling, came up with as unlovely a word as 'Schatz'.
Yes, the wife mostly, adoringly, refers to her children as "Kröte" and "Stinktier" and so on.
Odd, when you think about it. Or maybe, not so much.
"Plenty of strikers can score goals," he said, gesturing to the famous old stands casting shadows around us.
"But a lot have found it difficult wearing the number 9 shirt for The Arsenal."