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Article #98Re: Fukengruben -- what is it??
From: Bill Keyes aka the Ferret-Meiste...
Date: Tue, 31 Dec 1996 00:00
Date: Tue, 31 Dec 1996 00:00
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Michael Olsen <glassguy@lamar.ColoState.EDU> writes:
>OK, I'll bite! Mein deutsch ist sehr schlecht und I've asked a native
>German sprecher who says it's not German. I've also seen a couple of
>bumperstickers with variations all ending in -gruben.
>Was ist die bedeutsamme auf diese wort, bitte?
I always saw it as "funkengruven"... ie "funk 'n' groovin'"
Like a pun on fahrvergnugen from the old VW commercials.
HTH!
Bill.
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 10244d,73185feab59cde78 X-Google-Attributes: gid10244d,public X-Google-Thread: 1073ca,73185feab59cde78 X-Google-Attributes: gid1073ca,public X-Google-Thread: 1146bc,73185feab59cde78 X-Google-Attributes: gid1146bc,public From: bkeyes@lamar.ColoState.EDU (Bill Keyes aka the Ferret-Meister) Subject: Re: Fukengruben -- what is it?? Date: 1996/12/31 Message-ID: <5abqkb$2b76@lamar.ColoState.EDU> X-Deja-AN: 207079295 references: <Pine.A32.3.91.961230112619.62916A-100000@lamar.ColoState.EDU> organization: Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523 newsgroups: csu.general,co.fort-collins.general,co.general