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   user4055@newsgrouper.org.invalid to All   
   Re: (German) Wahrschau, from Dutch verb    
   16 Nov 25 18:48:41   
   
   XPost: rec.puzzles, alt.usage.english   
   From: HenHanna@NewsGrouper   
      
   nospam@de-ster.demon.nl (J. J. Lodder) posted:   
      
   > HenHanna@NewsGrouper  wrote:   
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   > > (German)  Wahrschau,   from Dutch verb    Waarschuwen   (to Warn)   
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   > Or from Dutch 'waarschuwing' (E. warning)   
   > Or from Mittelniederdeutsch 'warschuwinge'   
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   > > is it a complete coincidence that  (German)  Wahrschau also means Warsaw?   
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   > It isn't a coincidence at all.   
   > The capital of Poland is Warschau, (in German) not Wahrschau,   
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   > Jan   
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