Re: CHAT: German help

On 30/06/06, Sally Caves <scaves@...> wrote:
...


  You have to do that
> yourself, and I was going to suggest something having to do with "used" as
> well, "on the outside."  But Spur evaded me, with all its meanings. :(



'Spur' actually has an English cognate - spoor, which I've mainly seen
referring to the trail (usually of scent) left by a fleeing animal, and
which
may be tracked by a dog (do Americans call such dogs 'smelling nose
dogs'? :-) ).



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