Re: WAY OT: Any German speakers?

Why is a mushroom called mushroom? As usual, Blonks
<Blonkster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> got it all completely wrong
and wrote:

My daughter has to do a German crossword for homework and we are stuck
on the last clue.

'Ich find Sport _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _. Das ist anstrengend.'

Eight letter starting wih 'N' AFAIK!


The nearest word I could find meant Hippo !

You Nilpferd!

Sorry, I'm not getting it either at the moment, are you sure it's
starting with an N?

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