Re: Fett OT (was Re: Verkantet in English)

From: Tim Schürmann (tischuer_at_web.de)
Date: 2005-07-24 19:28:32

Hi!

Ullrich von Bassewitz schrieb:

> On Sun, Jul 24, 2005 at 05:15:01PM +0200, Olaf Seibert wrote:
> > which always amuses us Dutch people, since the Dutch word "geil"
> > (prodounced differently than the German, but it's close enough for the
> > purpose) means "horny" and not something you say in polite conversation.
>
> It does also have this meaning in German - in addition to the one described by
> Rainer.

But the german origin of "geil" is not "horny" :) (It's interesting to see how the
meaning of this word has changed twice.)

Bye,

Tim


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