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From: alan@dragon.acadiau.ca (Alan McKay)
Subject: Re: I love you
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simon@cc.Helsinki.FI (Julia A M Simon) writes:

>and even though there is a verb "to love" in German ("lieben") it's not
>used for telling somebody you love them; we use an adjective instead!

Funny, my German girlfriend used to tell me that
"Ich habe dich lieb" was not as strong as "Ich liebe dich"

-Alan

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