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Bustard numbers

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Subject: Bustard numbers
From: "Paul Taylor" <>
Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2001 23:16:44 +1100
>    Luge,  Maneid, und Tier-erzahlen
>
> (Someone with a knowledge of the language, please correct me.  I know that
> at least there should be an umlaut over the 'u' of 'luge' - but I don't
> know how to get one in this email.)
>
> Which I was given to understand translates as "Lies, blasphemy, and
> animal-counting".

I fed the English version in Altavista's Babelfish translator and got:
   Lügen, Blasphemy und Tierzählen

elingo.com gave a slightly different translation:
   Lügen, Blasphemie und Tier Zählen

Obviously both have a bit of trouble with Maneid/blasphemy.  (Babelfish
translated "Maneid" as "one oath", which makes sense after the discussion
about "Zirkeln".)

I believe the usual substitute for an umlaut is to append an 'e' to
the vowel e.g. 'Lügen' becomes 'Luegen'.

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