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Message no. 1
From: Doctor Doom <JCH8169@*****.TAMU.EDU>
Subject: German question...
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 93 20:17:00 CET
>>> Argggh I can't speak German can you ?
>>
>>Funny you should ask, but yes.....wait, Herr Dr. Doom can't speak German!?

You are mistaken, mein Herr...

I have been able to speak it for several years now. P.C.Steele or
Nightstalker--I cannot recall which--was the author of that statement. I was
aware of what the communique said upon reading it; I simply did not feel
compelled to translate a message intended for me and post it to the list.

>I am not entirely sure that this is a native German, because there are some
>mistakes....salutation should have been "Mein Herr Doctor Doom", but my
>German is rusty due to lack of uebung.

That is correct... Properly addressed in German, I am Herr Doktor Doom,
however, I do not fault Jaez for this mistake.


Colonel Count von Hohenzollern und von Doom, DMSc, DSc, PhD.

Doom Technologies & Weapon Systems -- Dark Thought Publications
>>> Working on solutions best left in the dark.
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[ Doctor Doom : jch8169@********.tamu.edu ]
Message no. 2
From: "Jason Carter, Nightstalker" <CARTER@***.EDU>
Subject: RE: German question...
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 93 00:27:06 CET
Doctor Doom said:
>> I have been able to speak it for several years now. P.C.Steele or
>>Nightstalker--I cannot recall which--was the author of that statement. I was
Sorry DD, but it was not me nor P.C.Steele who wrote that post. It was my
buddy and fellow Shadowrun player Jeremy Roberson who did that. Personally, it
scarced the heck out of me because I understood it even though its been almost
four years since I took German in school and even longer since I lived in
Germany.

See Ya in Shadows,
Jason J Carter
The Nightstalker

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