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Re: Question about 6081
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Tue, 2 May 2000 17:56:39 GMT
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Gary Istok <gistok@umich.edu> writes:

It isn't German.  Perhaps Dutch, Danish or Swedish.  Seeing the use
of the (common to Dutch) double vowel, I would bet Dutch.

It's definitively not Danish or Swedish.  It sounds Dutch to me, but
with the use of double vowels, it could also be Finnish.  But it
doesn't sound Finnish, so I'm putting my bet on Dutch.

BTW: Today I dreamt that my AucZILLA winnings had arrived by mail!
Wow.

Fredrik

--
http://www.math.uio.no/~fredrigl/technic/



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(...) It is Dutch, literally "The Ghostcastle." --Bram Bram Lambrecht.........Br...L@JUNO.com (URL) (25 years ago, 2-May-00, to lugnet.general)

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(...) It isn't German. Perhaps Dutch, Danish or Swedish. Seeing the use of the (common to Dutch) double vowel, I would bet Dutch. But I think your translation is correct. Gary Istok (25 years ago, 2-May-00, to lugnet.general)

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