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To: concerned about politics
I read on another thread the "Dear Policeman - I am God" was written in German, using Allah, but was desifered into English using the word "God."

I read the post on the other thread, and that's not my recollection of it. In any event, I have a great deal of mistrust of bombshell facts shared by a Freeper I don't know, especially when they don't reveal their sources.

498 posted on 10/20/2002 6:26:13 PM PDT by Dog Gone
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To: Dog Gone
If I had to translate that into German, especially given the apparent obsequious effect desired, I would translate: "Herr Wachtmeister (or "lieber Herr Wachtmeister"), ich bin der Herr Gott (perhaps "ich bin Gott")." "Polizist" may be the word for a policeman, but that's not how you address him. "Herr Wachtmeister" is like "Officer" in English. Nobody addresses a policeman as "Policeman" in English either.
514 posted on 10/20/2002 6:30:38 PM PDT by aristeides
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