X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: fbb9d,7ddc7ab92936b5ea X-Google-Attributes: gidfbb9d,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1994-11-10 04:54:56 PST Path: nntp.gmd.de!newsserver.jvnc.net!netnews.upenn.edu!news.amherst.edu!news.mtholyoke.edu!uhog.mit.edu!news.kei.com!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!news.sprintlink.net!sashimi.wwa.com!not-for-mail From: paul@heino.ibh.rwth-aachen.de (Paul Foerster) Newsgroups: rec.arts.ascii Subject: Answer: What is this Sonderausgabe thing? Date: 10 Nov 1994 06:54:56 -0600 Organization: Institut fuer Bergwerks- und Huettenmaschinenkunde Lines: 40 Sender: boba@wwa.com Approved: boba@wwa.com Message-ID: <39t570$mu1@gagme.wwa.com> References: <39731q$mb2@gagme.wwa.com> <399da5$1sj@gagme.wwa.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: gagme.wwa.com Little compressed, chai@ta12.cs.uiuc.edu (Ian Chai) wrote: >Jeffery Caldwell writes: >> Die neueste Sonderausgabe. >> Der ASCII Sonderkaefer. >"The New Special Distribution" >"The ASCII Special Beetle" >??? The 2nd one I understand, I think, but what is this Sonderausgabe >thing? ... the text is german and means ... "The latest special edition." "The ASCII special beetle." "Sonderausgabe" is just the same as "special edition". "Sonder..." means "special". We germans build up compounds of words much more than english speakers do. So we put in one word what you need two words for. Thus - very easy now - "beetle" stands for "kaefer" =) Best, Paul -- .odbo. .od88888888bo. Paul Foerster .od8888888888888888bo. .od888888888888888888888888bo. paul@heino.ibh.rwth-aachen.de od88888888888888888888888888888888bo `~888888888888888888888888888888~' `~888888888888888888888888~'| "Beam me up Scotty, there's no `~888888888888888888~' | intelligent life down here!" |`~888888888888~'| | \ `~888888~' / A `-_ `~~' _-' H `--____--'