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To: dr_lew

No, no, no - Sie, Das. “There it lies.”

The sum of 1 - 100 is (N)*(N+1)/2

In this context, Sie = “the thing.” “it.”

The vernacular - the whole context is

“Zervuss, macht’s gut - etzat, ma klur”

In english, “See you bye, bitch.”


31 posted on 06/10/2011 11:32:06 PM PDT by patton (I am sure that I have done dumber things in my life, but at the moment, I am unable to recall them.)
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To: patton
In this context, Sie = “the thing.” “it.”

Sure, context and meaning are inescapable, but literally, there is no "there" there. It's just "She lies", or "It lies". Of course, there is a tradition, especially nautical, even in modern english of this generalized notion of "she". "She's a big one" etc. said of almost anything. I can hardly believe I'm wrong to see "she" in "sie" !

33 posted on 06/11/2011 12:30:02 AM PDT by dr_lew
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