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To: wolf78

Ausgezeichnet! Danke sehr.
I thought "aufgezeichnet" could mean "posted", my German is incredibly corroded, pre-internet and my grasp of German idiom was on my best day about what you'd expect from an American public school.


9 posted on 04/07/2006 1:03:42 PM PDT by magslinger (Every time taxes are raised, a liberal gets his wings. John Kass)
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To: magslinger

"Aufgezeichnet" can mean a number of things, but usually it refers to some kind of record. That can be a video tape, a cassette or a written file. Literally speaking, it means "to draw something on something else" (e.g. paper), which is also a possible meaning in some contexts (e.g. tattoos).

But hey, it's great that you had German in school. Especially if one considers the competition from Spanish (I think in the US something like 4 out of 5 students take Spanish as a foreign language over German, French etc. ?).


10 posted on 04/08/2006 10:01:17 AM PDT by wolf78
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