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Re: Help with Old Danish Printed Bricks
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Mon, 24 Jun 2002 20:52:04 GMT
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In lugnet.loc.nl, Saskia van Doesburg writes:

I have no idea what the translation of "automatiek is", but it means a place
where you can buy snacks (like a snackbar).
It's the combination of a snackbar and a gumball-machine (guys! help me out
here! :-)
You can get a snack, by inserting a coin in a machine, then you can take the
snack out of the machine.

We'd call those "vending machines" and the place would be an "automat"
(though you don't hear that name often).

Bruce



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  Re: Help with Old Danish Printed Bricks
 
(...) That's the word I was looking for! :-) Saskia and the place would be an "automat" (...) (22 years ago, 25-Jun-02, to lugnet.loc.nl)

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Well, it's Dutch! (...) You're right, well it's more of a company name. "Post Office" would be "Post Kantoor". (...) I have no idea what the translation of "automatiek is", but it means a place where you can buy snacks (like a snackbar). It's the (...) (22 years ago, 24-Jun-02, to lugnet.loc.nl)

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