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Re: CHAT: Opperlands

From:Lars Henrik Mathiesen <thorinn@...>
Date:Saturday, May 15, 1999, 12:59
> Date: Sat, 15 May 1999 13:58:04 +0200 > From: Joshua Shinavier <Ajshinav@...>
> > I mean "Hottentotten-tanten-attentaten-t=E4ter" --- perpetrator of an > > assassination of a Hottentot aunt.
> And an especially silly one, I see.
Well, it's meant to be. I was more worried if I got the right endings for Hottentot and Tante --- my grandmother taught me this "word," I think, back when I started German in school, about 27 years ago. Lars Mathiesen (U of Copenhagen CS Dep) <thorinn@...> (Humour NOT marke= d)