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From: "Ernest Wiltshire" <>
Subject: German motto: the verb "tun"
Date: Mon, 05 Mar 2001 00:39:57 -0500


With all due respect to the other listers who have posted versions of the
motto, I do believe that it really does read: "Deine Arbeit mit Eifer tue"
/ "Do thy work with zeal/enthusiams", with "tue" (thue) being the singular
imperative form of the verb "tun" (to do), to accompany the familiar &
singular "Deine", ("thy") which is used instead of the more formal (polite &
plural) "Ihre", ("your").
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