Michael Lachmann wrote:
> "Todd Thuma" <thumat@gactr.uga.edu> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
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> > So what is your favorite German word?
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> Mine is "Donaudampfschifffahrtsgesellschaft" ;-)
What about "Streichholzschachtel" (sorry if I got the spelling wrong...)
which, according to my sources, means "matchbox"
(...) 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 (...) (20 years ago, 21-Jun-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.trains, lugnet.build.schleim, lugnet.events.1000steine-land)
"Todd Thuma" <thumat@gactr.uga.edu> schrieb im Newsbeitrag news:Hz5oq3.1p0n@lugnet.com... (...) segment (...) Language Most (...) Mine is "Donaudampfschifffah...ellschaft" ;-) Because it's one of the german words, many german speaking people cannot (...) (20 years ago, 13-Jun-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.trains, lugnet.build.schleim, lugnet.events.1000steine-land)
