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Date:      Sat, 11 Nov 1995 15:36:20 -0800
From:      "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com>
To:        joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de (Joerg Wunsch)
Cc:        rsnow@txdirect.net (Rob Snow), dennis@etinc.com, terry@lambert.org, chat@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Here's why you should post about MINIX 
Message-ID:  <13459.816132980@time.cdrom.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 11 Nov 1995 20:48:26 %2B0100." <199511111948.UAA12609@uriah.heep.sax.de> 

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> Wurstfest and Liederhosen.  Well, two very nice American words,
> indeed.  In particular the spelling of ``Liederhosen''. :-)
> 
> For the German-impaired: Leder == leather, but Lieder == songs. ;-)

And everyone knows they're "Leiderhosen" anyway.

>From Leider == "(Leid) Guilt or misfortune" and "Hosen" == Pants.

E.g. "Unfortunate choice of pants." :-)

					Jordan



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