[meteorite-list] Cool Eisen-shale - Off Topic

From: Walter Branch <branchw_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:21:08 2004
Message-ID: <007201c3522f$5e5b7b20$f5c39f44_at_b4b9e1>

Oops, forgot about Bernd being on the list :-)

My apologies!

-Walter
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----- Original Message -----
From: <bernd.pauli_at_paulinet.de>
To: <meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Thursday, July 24, 2003 5:58 PM
Subject: [meteorite-list] Cool Eisen-shale - Off Topic


> Hi Walter, Bob, Norbert and List,
>
> Gotta get this off my chest before heading for the bunk:
>
> > The German term would be "Scheinmeteorit" - alles klar ;-?
>
> Does this translate back into English like that:
>
> "all-clear shining meteorite" ???
>
> > "Schrecklicheschlackestienen" sounds familiar, too,
>
> Oh, I see: "shriekly slagstons"
>
> > although you won't find it in any dictionary...
>
> So let's publish one ... "it's now or never" ...
>
> Where have I heard these words before ? :-))
>
> Enjoying my first day of summer our vacations here !
>
> Off to bed before it's too led ... sorry "late" ...
>
> Bernd
>
> P.S.: After visiting Germany, Mark Twain once wrote
> in 1879 about "The Awful German Language":
>
> "These things are not words, they are alphabetical processions.
> And they are not rare; one can open a German newspaper any
> time and see them marching majestically across the page - and
> if he has any imagination he can see the banners and hear the
> music, too. They impart a martial thrill to the meekest subject.
> Whenever I come across a good one, I stuff it and put it in my
> museum. In this way I have made quite a valuable collection.
> When I get duplicates, I exchange with other collectors, and thus
> increase the variety of my stock.
>
> From: A Tramp Abroad (by Mark Twain)
>
>
> To: trifid_at_timewarp.de
> bolidechaser_at_yahoo.com
> meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com
>
>
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Received on Thu 24 Jul 2003 06:03:09 PM PDT