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| (...) Welcome back Gary! (Willkommen zurück? Willkom wieder?) (20 years ago, 12-Jun-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.trains, lugnet.build.schleim, lugnet.events.1000steine-land, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
| | | | Re: What's Your Favorite German Word?!
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| (...) My favorite German word is "SCHADENFREUDE", which translates to "showing happiness over other peoples misfortunes". A good example of schadenfreude is the feeling you get when you find out that greedy corporate executives go to jail for their (...) (20 years ago, 11-Jun-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.trains, lugnet.build.schleim, lugnet.events.1000steine-land, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| (...) For many other Swedish citizens, it must be Öl (=oil), because in Swedish, öl means beer. But not for me, since I don't like beer. :) /Tore /Tore (20 years ago, 11-Jun-04, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| (...) Mine was always Augenblick because it was easy to figure out what it meant in high school German class. :-) Maggie C (20 years ago, 11-Jun-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.trains, lugnet.build.schleim, lugnet.events.1000steine-land, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
| | | | Re: From Richard: "It's all bad news - Chaos is my fault"
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| (...) hehe Good point. I should, at this juncture, point out that "Flibbity Floo™" is an expression coined by Dana Carvey AFAIK:-) Hear that, Scott? (...) Good one! (And I thought it was The Byrds;-) JOHN (20 years ago, 2-Jun-04, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, FTX)
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