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Re: Help needed on German trains
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lugnet.trains
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Thu, 13 Oct 2005 14:32:24 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Ralph Hempel wrote:
> Also, this site is an invaluable reference:
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> <http://www.worldrailfans.org/Articles/Europe/Ger-EngDictionary.shtml>
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> I'm a native German speaker, and I have fond memories of my
> Dad and I building a little Marklin train layout.
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> The German words are often hilarious in their pronunciation and
> number of syllables, and I sometimes cruise through the list
> for names for servers.
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> It beats using planets or characters from Lord of the Rings for
> your servers. You get names like:
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> funkenfanger
> bremserhaus
> dampfdom
> huckepackwagen
> kolbenstange
> saugluft
> schlepptenderlok
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> I'll leave it to you to look them up :-)
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> Ralph
Oh! Thank you. Really interesting. I hope I remember enough German
pronounciation to do justice to them ;)
I'll also add this link to BrickWiki's train terms and German trains articles.
Tim
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| Also, this site is an invaluable reference: (URL) I'm a native German speaker, and I have fond memories of my Dad and I building a little Marklin train layout. The German words are often hilarious in their pronunciation and number of syllables, and (...) (21 years ago, 13-Oct-05, to lugnet.trains)
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