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To: 185JHP
"I heard a Californian student in Heidelberg say, in one of his calmest moods, that he would rather decline two drinks than one German adjective."

- Mark Twain, from "The Awful German Language"

One of my favorites ;)

36 posted on 12/31/2001 10:13:56 PM PST by general_re
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To: general_re
Thanks, the version I heard was garbled.
42 posted on 12/31/2001 10:28:17 PM PST by 185JHP
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To: general_re,Askel5,Carry_Okie,NewAmsterdam,Black Jade
#36 !
54 posted on 12/31/2001 11:09:17 PM PST by CommiesOut
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