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Re: Re: really obscure question




--- Ysobelle at aol_com wrote:
> Actually, I was told her name's German for "glue."
> Thus, the very mention 
> of it terrifies horses (from whom glue used to be
> made). 

Actually I believe the German word for glue (noun) is
leim and the verb form is either leimen or kleben.  
The word for horse meat would be a combination of
pferd (horse) and fleischen (meat/flesh).

Keep em comin'!  I'm sure we'll figure it out.

Kelvin

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"Being Irish, he had an abiding sense of tragedy that sustained him during temporary periods of joy."
                               -- W.B. Yeats

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