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platypus..you have to turn your head to the side..
im not so sure of this one ...
im not so sure of this one ...
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cow23,
Fri 17 Jan 2003, 14:11,
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anyone done a spider?
Slim has found god. He was down the back of the sofa.,
Fri 17 Jan 2003, 14:13,
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stouffer's(repeated) fact of the day: the literal translation of the german for platypus is beak animal.
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stouffer,
Fri 17 Jan 2003, 14:14,
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Schnabeltiercorrect. It IS a puzzling animal, that is.
Skyscraper is "Wolkenkratzer" which means "cloud scratcher".
(Skyscraper is "Wolkenkratzer" which means "cloud scratcher".
sinisterduck,
Fri 17 Jan 2003, 14:17,
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Wasserstoffis hydrogen. It's funny that although the Germans are amusing cos they assemble words, our nouns are often exactly the same except in latin/greek. "hydrogen" = water made, submarine = under sea and so on.
/cerebral
(/cerebral
Fronds are waving gently on,
Fri 17 Jan 2003, 14:23,
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the greatthing about german is that you can just keep making longer and longer words. my flatmate once told me the word for a machine that cleans tramtracks. it took about 4 days.
( stouffer,
Fri 17 Jan 2003, 14:26,
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Some of the peeps here in the officeloved "Geschwindigkeitsbegrenzung" which is speed limit.
Very good tip:
When dealing with multilanguage sites/products/GUIs, use german or french as the first test language, all others will fit nicely.
I had my share trying to fit "zurechtschneiden" on a 100px "crop" button lately.
(Very good tip:
When dealing with multilanguage sites/products/GUIs, use german or french as the first test language, all others will fit nicely.
I had my share trying to fit "zurechtschneiden" on a 100px "crop" button lately.
sinisterduck,
Fri 17 Jan 2003, 14:27,
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