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Re: Etymology of "mecha" and possible fixes
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Date: 
Fri, 12 Mar 1999 00:32:58 GMT
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Tom McDonald wrote:
noble metal -- das Edelmetall

!DING! !DING! !DING! !DING! !DING! !DING! !DING!

I like, I like!  Thank you!  :-,

stalker -- der Anschleicher
hacksaw -- die Metallsaege
cutthroat -- Halsabschneider
thug -- Strolch
thug -- Verbrecher

These are all good, too.  Danke.

One more I'm going to have to use for an individual model: die Fledermaus.
Tick fans might appreciate the significance of this name...

Cheers,
- jsproat

--
Jeremy H. Sproat <jsproat@geocities.com>
http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Horizon/5249/
"The world will not perish for want of wonders but for want of wonder"
-- British scientist J. B. S. Haldane (1892-1964)



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  Re: Etymology of "mecha" and possible fixes
 
(...) What *is* the translation of that? Or is there one? Adam (hoping to have a complete Tick video library in about a month....) bwappo@ee.net (25 years ago, 12-Mar-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
  Re: Etymology of "mecha" and possible fixes
 
(...) Or opera fans... James (URL) (25 years ago, 12-Mar-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)

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  Re: Etymology of "mecha" and possible fixes
 
(...) Thanks for the German2English link. Here's some I found that might help inspire you: noble metal -- das Edelmetall stalker -- der Anschleicher hacksaw -- die Metallsaege cutthroat -- Halsabschneider thug -- Strolch thug -- Verbrecher (...) (25 years ago, 12-Mar-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)

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