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Old 11-05-2008, 02:02 AM   #3
Frank van den Eeden
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Default Re: Favorite words in other languages

Hi Scott and Hebe,

I had never heard the word "eenheidsworst" before,
yet my mother tongue is Dutch.
So I looked it up, and it does exist as you say.
I never heard it in England either ...
Are you sure they use that in English ?

"apierkrieg" must be "Papierkrieg" (Papier = paper) (Krieg = war)
meaning red tape, bureaucracy

SORRY for being a little cross ...
"sorry" by the way is used in EVERY language (I think)

kindest regards,
(and I think it's a great subject)
Frank
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