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Re: What's Your Favorite German Word?!
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lugnet.general, lugnet.trains, lugnet.build.schleim, lugnet.events.1000steine-land
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Sat, 12 Jun 2004 04:35:58 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Todd Thuma wrote:
I was listening to National Public Radio All Things Considered when a segment
was aired that had me laughing outloud.

Apparently, in Germany they are holding a contest for the German's Language Most
Pleasing Word.

Here the story at:

http://www.npr.org/rundowns/segment.php?wfId=1953191

So what is your favorite German word?

Todd

My favorite words when I took German in high school were, strangely enough,
Kartoffel, which means potato, and zufrieden, which means content.  I think
Zufrieden would make a fine name for a pleasure ship, don't you think?

Adrian
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http://www.brickfrenzy.com



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I was listening to National Public Radio All Things Considered when a segment was aired that had me laughing outloud. Apparently, in Germany they are holding a contest for the German's Language Most Pleasing Word. Here the story at: (URL) what is (...) (20 years ago, 11-Jun-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.trains, lugnet.build.schleim, lugnet.events.1000steine-land)

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