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| To: | Kirrama Wildlife Tours <> |
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| Subject: | Zirkeln |
| From: | Laurie & Leanne Knight <> |
| Date: | Thu, 01 Mar 2001 20:46:46 +1000 |
Kirrama Wildlife Tours wrote: > > Hi Geoff, Penny and Paul. > > Yes, "zirkeln" is a German word describing a circle and/or circling. There > are actually two words for circle. > ' Zirkel' is one, ' Kreis' the other. Heh, that is a nice example of the linkages between English and Deutsch. If you were to say circle in a heavy Deutsch accent, it would sound like zirkel. I suspect it was the suffix "n" that confused people, as zirkeln pronounced phonetically [to this little Aussie duck] would appear to be "circlin". Gamboling John must be cackling with glee. [I can feel a quick poem comming on]. LK Birding-Aus is on the Web at www.shc.melb.catholic.edu.au/home/birding/index.html To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe birding-aus" (no quotes, no Subject line) to |
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