Re: SF Quotes <off topic>

On Tue, 03 Mar 1998 17:12:43 -0800, John Leary <realjtl@sj.bigger.net>
wrote:

>Jeremy Sadler wrote:
>...Snip...(JTL)
>> "Nuts!"
>> 
>> Response by American CO to German demand for surrender
>> Battle of the Bulge
>
>Having known a few paras, I have always suspected the actual
>line was a great deal more graphic and highly personal.
>The U.S. population would not have been able to accept the 
>actual verbage, coming from a general officer and a gentleman
>by act of congress.  This was the '40s after all and we 
>wouldn't want to offend now, would we?

Nope, that's exactly what he said: "Nuts." There was a thread about
this on soc.history.war.world-war-ii just about a week or two ago.
When the German officer didn't know what it meant, he was told that it
meant the same as, "Go to Hell." The German then expressed regret at
the civilian losses this would cause. 

Check out soc.history.war.world-war-ii at Deja News with "Nuts" in the
subject for the entire thread.

Allan Goodall	     agoodall@sympatico.ca

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