In a message dated 1/19/2001 8:49:54 AM Eastern Standard Time,
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<< Translation is an art, not a science, nicht wahr?? >>
As Frau Nisam, my HS German teacher taught us regarding translations and
women: "Sind sie schoen, sind sie nicht Treu; sind sie Treu, sind sie nicht
schoen." What was funny in the olden days turns out to be sexist racist
piggism now, even if it did come from a female personage. Who later went to
the loony bin.
Ralph