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Re: Ship Prefix's

From: Mikko Kurki-Suonio <maxxon@s...>
Date: Thu, 31 Jul 1997 02:40:31 -0400
Subject: Re: Ship Prefix's

On Wed, 30 Jul 1997, Donald Hosford wrote:

> >   WAAAAAAY too short.  Panzerkampfflugzeug.

> For those of us who are linguisticly impared...what does those two
> german words mean in english?

Literally translated (usually NOT a good way to translate):

Armor(ed) Battle/Fighting Aeroplane (Flying Vehicle)

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