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Re: Sexism At Debian



Jö Fahlke [2002-01-23 11.35 +0100]:
>Am Mit, 23. Jan 2002, 10:23:32 +0100 schrieb MPfeifer:
> > or in german 'fuer servers will ich nur erdaepfel' ;))
>
>I think "Kartoffeln" would be better.

Yes.

>"Erdäpfel" is a really ancient word.

Well, in Franconian dialect it's very common - we always speak of "Erpfl",
which is a clipped form of "Erdäpfel".  It's also common in Austria to
speak of "Erdäpfel", afaik; Austrian is some quite ancient and perhaps
exotic form of German ...  ;-)

>At least where I lived in germany, but one never knows...

_Where_ did you live in .de?


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