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Re: Language fun (was Re: High Speed...)
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lugnet.fun
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Fri, 27 Oct 2000 22:31:23 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Andreas Stabno writes:
> In lugnet.trains, Holger Matthes writes:
> > Read you later, • Its Auf WiederSEHEN :)
> Is that what you call "Auf Wiederlesen"?
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> As much as I am consistently impressed with the mastery of English of our
> ESL[1] members, I also enjoy reverse translating to see what the original
> thought might have been. So many good "word-turns" just can't be translated
> well. I remember reading a humorous book that translated everything
> literally from German to English. I believe it was called "English for
> Runaways" - Englisch für Fortgeschrittene.
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> Translate well,
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> Andreas Stabno
> http://www.megsinet.net/~stabno/SimiLego.htm
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> FUT: lugnet.fun
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> [1] English as a second language
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