Date: Wed, 03 Jan 2001 22:58:48 +0100 From: Andre Oppermann <oppermann@telehouse.ch> To: Mark Murray <mark@grondar.za> Cc: dan@langille.org, j mckitrick <jcm@FreeBSD-uk.eu.org>, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: burgers and thunks ??? Message-ID: <3A53A098.D7E4DB42@telehouse.ch> References: <200101031940.IAA00343@ducky.nz.freebsd.org> <200101032006.f03K6PY02586@gratis.grondar.za>
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Mark Murray wrote: > > > On 3 Jan 2001, at 18:17, j mckitrick wrote: > > > > > Is > > > their any such thing as a 'burgermaster'? > > > > FWIW, I have heard the expression before. But I don't have anymore > > information. > > "Burgermeister" is German for "mayor". IIRC, "Burger" by itself means > "citizen". Actually it's not "Burger" but "Bürger" or "Buerger" which sounds quite different... A "Burger" is what you get at BurgerKing or MacDonalds and a "Bürger" has a Umlaut, a "ü" that sounds like... hmm... like Uebergeek... -- Andre To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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