Google| Subject | Re: Republicanism still an offence in England? (wasRe: Queen mother |
| From | Henriette Frans |
| Date | 2002-05-16 20:50 (2002-05-16 20:50) |
| Message-ID | <3CE3FF55.7E95971B@chello.nl> |
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| Newsgroups | alt.fan.tolkien |
| Follows | Bagronk the Happy Orc |
| Followups | Bagronk the Happy Orc (12m) > Henriette Frans |
Bagronk the Happy Orc wrote:
Bagronk the Happy OrcGerman timelessness? How would you say that in German, Deutsche Zeitlosigkeit? Really? never heard of it. I just know that the only person I know who is always totally and Gr?ndlich in time with appointments, is my friend born in Frankfurt, Germany.
This may be an explanation why many people mention the "German timeliness". The German says "half one", means 12:30, arrives then and waits. The other one understands "half one" as 13:30, arrives on time and can't understand why the German is so angry ;-)
Henriette
2002-03-30-
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