XPost: rec.puzzles, alt.usage.english   
   From: nospam@de-ster.demon.nl   
      
   HenHanna@NewsGrouper  wrote:   
      
   > nospam@de-ster.demon.nl (J. J. Lodder) posted:   
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   > > 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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   > Thanks!    I'll study your comments  ... within a few hours.   
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   > There is a brand in Japan called [Schau Essen] --- is that from Europe?   
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   >            ------- (AI says No)    Ist Das wahr????   
      
   They say:   
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   The German word "Schau" is the English word for "show," meaning   
   "theater" or "appreciation," and "Essen" means "dining table" or "food."   
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   So Japanese German, of a kind,   
      
   Jan   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)