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<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite>Date: Fri, 08 Dec 2006 10:36:35
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To: Andreas Schou <ophite@gmail.com><br>
From: Nick Gier <ngier@uidaho.edu><br>
Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Your Baptism "i Faderens og Sønne ns og
den Helligaands Navn"<br><br>
Greetings:<br><br>
Since a native son Andreas has thrown the first stone at the alleged
beauty of the Danish language, I will now cast my stone. Because of my
knowledge of German, I was reading Danish in three months, but I am still
struggling with the pronunciation after 40 years. Even Danes say
that Danish sounds as if someone is speaking with a mouth full of
potatoes.<br><br>
I now wish I had married a Norwegian or Swede so that I would have had a
chance to speak a really beautiful Scandinavian language.<br><br>
Thanks to Ralph for the best belly laugh on the Vision in a great
while. I thought Kirkers were supposed to be kings of humor, but
heirdoug, incredibly enough, wanted a biblical reference for baptism
"wearing off." That, as my mom always said, "takes the
cake" for obtuseness!<br><br>
Nick Gier </blockquote>
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