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From: lilandbr@scn.org (Leland Bryant Ross)
Subject: Re: English importation of words (was Re: Is '#' a "pound sign" or what?)
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In a previous article, ehodgens@mail.nbn.com (Evan Hodgens) says:

>John Varela wrote:
>
>> So then "Ein Feste Burg ist Unser Gott" means "God has a party when he
>> comes to town"?
>
>Nah, it means Our God Is A Party Town. :->
>

Really?  I always thought it meant God was sitting on a heap of hamburgers.

That's hamburgers in the hamburg sandwich sense, not the sense of JFK's 
famous "Ich bin ein Hamburger" speech...

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