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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:	Sat, 12 Jun 2004 19:54:43 GMT
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My favorite German word is "klapperschlange". No, its has nothing to do with an STD. I was watching a German video tape of Escape From New York, and the title was changed to Der Klapperschlange, which means The Rattlesnake. -Keith

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		Re: What's Your Favorite German Word?!
Hi Keith, but it is DIE Klapperschlange, because snake is a female word in German and so it needs the female preposition DIE versus the male DER (neutral would be DAS). Greetings Henk (20 years ago, 13-Jun-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.trains, lugnet.build.schleim, lugnet.events.1000steine-land)

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		What's Your Favorite German Word?!
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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