----- Original Message ----- From: <FoldingBoats_at_aol.com> > In a message dated 2/14/01 4:58:16 AM Eastern Standard Time, > grikschat_at_surfeu.de writes: > > << Moin! >> > > ... for the uninitiated in this context is a contraction of the German for > "good morning" ... > > Ralph (the other one) When I started getting serious about folding kayaks, I came to the realization that I needed to know some German to make sense of this world since so much of the great literature and references for it are in that tongue. I didn't realize that now, increasingly, PaddleWisers had better brush up on German too as our fellow paddlers from the cradle of modern day kayaking increasing bless us with their pearls of wisdom. :----) BTW, for the inquisitive, the symbol :----) is the German compound noun form of :-) ralph diaz -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Ralph Diaz . . . Folding Kayaker newsletter PO Box 0754, New York, NY 10024 Tel: 212-724-5069; E-mail: rdiaz_at_ix.netcom.com "Where's your sea kayak?"----"It's in the bag." ----------------------------------------------------------------------- *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Wed Feb 14 2001 - 08:17:01 PST
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