Re: "German" for pilots

"Karl-Heinz Kuenzel" <karl-heinz.kuenzel@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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Gary,

could you give me a hint, where to laugh?

Sort of. Here's an example anyway:

Propeller: der airfloggenfann

That's meant to sound (to an English speaker) like a German version of the
English words "air flogging fan". The other examples are all similar.

--Gary


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