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Could you pick one that's easier to spell?! :-) I saw the photos of your wedding on the WWW. It looks like it was a wonderful day! I just wish I could have been there. Kerry "Melody Krützfeldt" <legomel@yahoo.com.au> wrote in message (...) (18 years ago, 10-Nov-06, to lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) Well I can spell it ;) No problems :P With the umlaut it is kinda cute, looks like 2 eyes and a big smiley mouth C: I wished you were there too! We did have a lot of fun and it was excellent to see Sue Ann and her partner Trev there too :) Mel (...) (18 years ago, 10-Nov-06, to lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) Hi Kerry, Don't worry! Even in German it's fairly uncommon and at least oddish to listen. @Mel: Don't worry too! My children's last name is "Blaurock" (blue coat), it's not an awful lot better. @Christian: Don't worry at all! You're really not (...) (18 years ago, 10-Nov-06, to lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) LOL! Gee, thanks Rene :P (...) I thought 'rock' is a skirt? so it should be (blue skirt ;)) - Your poor son! ;) Actually I find many German surname have some rather amusing meanings when you translate them into English... (...) LOL... good (...) (18 years ago, 10-Nov-06, to lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) Oh yes, skirt, sorry. But wait... it was... only for testing your language skills, of course! (...) Not only surnames. What about cities? "Pforzheim" (Farthome) is a corny gag here, but e.g. "Darmstadt". It's a pretty large city in Germany, so (...) (18 years ago, 10-Nov-06, to lugnet.loc.au, FTX)
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(...) Well, I am glad I got something right ;) (...) Oh yes, them too... I always giggle when I see something that sounds odd in English and it's funny to see signs on the motorway that start with 'bad....' I think "that doesn't sound like a place I (...) (18 years ago, 11-Nov-06, to lugnet.loc.au, FTX)
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(...) Could be both meanings. The old surcoat ((URL) the modern "skirt-coat" ((URL) (18 years ago, 11-Nov-06, to lugnet.loc.au)
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My German favourite is Rathaus -- town hall = rat house -- I guess politicians aren't held in high regard in Germany either. Kerry (18 years ago, 12-Nov-06, to lugnet.loc.au)
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