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Message no. 1
From: Arclight arclight@*********.de
Subject: Munchkinizing [OT]
Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2000 14:01:18 +0200
Von George S Waksman :

<snip>

> "War ist dien Hobo Feuer" <---- If my german is wrong correct me

I am not even sure what you want to say with these... words.
They don't really make sense.

Arclight
Message no. 2
From: Florian Schaetz (Irian) iryan@********.de
Subject: Munchkinizing [OT]
Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2000 15:10:27 +0200
> > "War ist dien Hobo Feuer" <---- If my german is wrong correct
me
>
> I am not even sure what you want to say with these... words.
> They don't really make sense.

ROTFL :-))))

Irian,
"selten so gelacht"
Message no. 3
From: George S Waksman gsw13@****.com
Subject: Munchkinizing [OT]
Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2000 11:15:10 -0400
On Tue, 17 Oct 2000 14:01:18 +0200 "Arclight" <arclight@*********.de>
writes:
>
> Von George S Waksman :
>
> <snip>
>
> > "War ist dien Hobo Feuer" <---- If my german is wrong correct
> me
>
> I am not even sure what you want to say with these... words.
> They don't really make sense.
>
> Arclight

The intent of my sig is to say 'Where is the hobo leader?' but use the
(american?) english word hobo without translating

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"War ist dien Hobo Feuer" <---- If my german is wrong correct me
*/

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Message no. 4
From: Nexx nexx@********.net
Subject: Munchkinizing [OT]
Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2000 10:27:06 -0500
----- Original Message -----
From: "George S Waksman" <gsw13@****.com>

>
> The intent of my sig is to say 'Where is the hobo leader?' but use the
> (american?) english word hobo without translating

Ok, part of your problem is you're using that past form of the verb "sein"
rather than the word for "where". You might want to try "Wo", which
is at
least the right interrogative. Secondly, "dein" is the second person
possessive... basically, "your". You need to change it to "den",
since it's
a direct object.

Right now it reads "Was is your Hobo Leader?"

Change it to "Wo ist den Hobo Feuer?" and you're close enough that they'll
snicker at your German after you leave, rather than look at you like you've
sprouted a breast from your forehead.
Message no. 5
From: Arclight arclight@*********.de
Subject: Munchkinizing [OT]
Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2000 17:52:30 +0200
Von George S Waksman :

<snip>

> The intent of my sig is to say 'Where is the hobo leader?' but use the
> (american?) english word hobo without translating

"Wo ist Dein Hobo-Führer" should be ok,
though I am not that sure what a hobo leader
is. Hobos are those people jumping on trains,
right?

Arclight
Message no. 6
From: Nexx nexx@********.net
Subject: Munchkinizing [OT]
Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2000 10:46:20 -0500
----- Original Message -----

> "Wo ist Dein Hobo-Führer" should be ok,
> though I am not that sure what a hobo leader
> is. Hobos are those people jumping on trains,
> right?

Dammit, knew I misspelled something... maybe I should have actually gone to
class this morning...
Message no. 7
From: Marc Renouf renouf@********.com
Subject: Munchkinizing [OT]
Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2000 12:01:37 -0400 (EDT)
On Tue, 17 Oct 2000, George S Waksman wrote:

> > > "War ist dien Hobo Feuer" <---- If my german is wrong
correct me
>
> The intent of my sig is to say 'Where is the hobo leader?' but use the
> (american?) english word hobo without translating

What you're saying is "Was is serve Hobo fire." That is *way*
different than what you were shooting for, ja?
Try "Wo ist der Hobo-Führer?"

Marc
Message no. 8
From: Gurth gurth@******.nl
Subject: Munchkinizing [OT]
Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2000 21:02:55 +0200
According to Nexx, at 10:27 on 17 Oct 00, the word on the street was...

> Right now it reads "Was is your Hobo Leader?"

My guess would be, "True is serve Hobo Fire?" which is a very cool
sentence to confuse people with, but not something that makes a lot of
sense :)

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Message no. 9
From: Nexx nexx@********.net
Subject: Munchkinizing [OT]
Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2000 13:55:14 -0500
----- Original Message -----
From: "Gurth" <gurth@******.nl>

> According to Nexx, at 10:27 on 17 Oct 00, the word on the street was...
>
> > Right now it reads "Was is your Hobo Leader?"
>
> My guess would be, "True is serve Hobo Fire?" which is a very cool
> sentence to confuse people with, but not something that makes a lot of
> sense :)

Yeah, well, I misread "Feuer" as "Fueher"*. I blame it on the pain
killers.

*Umlauts not included because I'm lazy.

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