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Subject:	RE: What's Your Favorite German Word?!
Newsgroups:	lugnet.general, lugnet.trains, lugnet.build.schleim, lugnet.events.1000steine-land
Date:	Mon, 21 Jun 2004 19:51:05 GMT
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> > "Todd Thuma" <thumat@gactr.uga.edu> schrieb im Newsbeitrag > > > > > > So what is your favorite German word? I've given this quite some thought and have come up with: Krankenwagen which means ambulance. I was born in Germany and emmigrated to Canada with my parents when I was quite young, but that did not stop me from being sent to German school on the weekends. German is a wonderful language, especially the Swabian dialect with which I am most familiar. Just imagine a bunch of good ole Arkansas farmhands talking... Cheers, Ralph

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		RE: What's Your Favorite German Word?!
While we're on the subject of German words and trains, here's a wonderful dircetoty of German rail terms with English translation. (URL) Thrill to some really excellent words like: Funkenfanger Schlafwagen Kesselwagen Bremsen Blattfeder The list is (...) (20 years ago, 22-Jun-04, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build.schleim, lugnet.events.1000steine-land)

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		Re: What's Your Favorite German Word?!
(...) What about "Streichholzschachtel" (sorry if I got the spelling wrong...) which, according to my sources, means "matchbox" -- Anders Isaksson, Sweden BlockCAD: (2 URLs) (20 years ago, 20-Jun-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.trains, lugnet.build.schleim, lugnet.events.1000steine-land)

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