Re: German Hover Tank bumper sticker

>From: KH.Ranitzsch@t-online.de

>Henrix schrieb:

> > When I first read about Kra'Vak they reminded me of the
> > kafer
>
>Never thought much about the Traveller term. I somehow associated it
>with 'Kaffir', Arab for "Unbeliever" and 'Kaffer', Afrikaans

That's what it brought to my mind, but Henrix reminded me about

> > (or käfer*, as it should really be, it's german)
>
>Somehow to me Käfer and Kafer are too far apart to associate easily -
>matter of upbringing, really.

Exactly.  Native English speakers, especially we crass Americans, tend
to 
ignore umlauts.

> > the nasty aliens in [Traveller] 2300 AD.
> > Käfer means crabs,
>
>Beetles, actually, but close enough ;-)

That's what I thought, but my German's too sparse and rusty to be
confident 
in correcting anyone elses.

> > * If the umlauts work, of course.
>
>It did (at least on my German-language system :-)

Same on my American machine.

3B^2

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