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From: dreyer <>
Subject: [BANAT-L] Translation
Date: Fri, 04 Aug 2000 14:59:39 -0700
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Many thanks to all those who gave me a translation of the poem below.
dave Dreyer
dreyer wrote:
>
> "I bin e Schwob vom Schwobeland
> I han fuenf Finger an jeder Hand
> Esse un Trinke kann ich gut
> Und rede tu ich wie’s mer kummt”
>
> I initially thought I understood the last line in the above but the more
> I puzzle over it the less certain I am that I have it correct. I have
> enough trouble with standard German.
> Can someone give me a translation of the last line?
> Dave Dreyer



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