Ray, Let me take a shot so that someone who knows will come out of hiding and correct me.
My guess is that it means something like 'whole or complete victory". Sieg means victory. Bill On Fri, 20 Jun 2003 11:50:28 -0400 "Ray Evans Harrell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Do you know what the actual translation is? > > REH > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Ed Weick" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Brad McCormick, Ed.D." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: "Karen Watters Cole" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Friday, June 20, 2003 9:10 AM > Subject: Re: [Futurework] US economic initiative in Middle East > > > > Interesting, Brad. There are indeed many ways of saying it, and > probably > in > > all languages. All you need is someone to say it to or something > to say > it > > about. > > > > Ed > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Brad McCormick, Ed.D." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: "Ed Weick" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Cc: "Karen Watters Cole" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Thursday, June 19, 2003 6:06 PM > > Subject: Re: [Futurework] US economic initiative in Middle East > > > > > > > Ed Weick wrote: > > > > How do you say "Sieg Heil!" in American? > > > > > > > [snip] > > > > > > Let's try some approximations: > > > > > > I am not now, nor have I ever been.... > > > > > > When your manager says "Jump!", you ask "How high?" > > > (--told to me by a "headhunter") > > > > > > "I didn't hear you, you worthless piece of shit! > > > Say it louder!" "Yes, *Sir!*" > > > (--"Basic training", sic) > > > > > > "Boolah! Boolah! Bow, bow, wow! E-li Yale!" > > > > > > "Onward Chris-tian so-oldiers marching as to war....." > > > > > > There *is* the tune which is played whenever our Leader > > > appears in public: > > > > > > Hail to the Chief > > > > > > Has anyone noticed how much Condee.... looks like Adolf > > > with her hair severely pulled down toward one eye. All she > > > needs is the mustache. > > > > > > Also, desn't "Sieg Heil!" mean something like "We shall be > > > victorious!" -- "Heil Hitler!" was the *personalized* (cult > > > of personality, etc.) salute/greeting, yes? > > > > > > And does anyone really think their vote for U.S. President > > > matters any more than attending a Nuremburg Rally for the > Party? > > > > > > Leave the crowds to crowd themselves. > > > (--Apocryphal) > > > > > > Leave enthusiasm to enthuse itself. > > > (--ditto) > > > > > > Students need to be taught to "reduce" all sentences of > > > the form "X is Y" to: "Some person Z has asserted: "X is Y"." > > > Example: Try to motivate someone to go on a suicide > > > mission (note that I did not say "kamikaze mission", because > > > "we" don't do such things...), by telling them: "Someone, > > > as some time, has asserted in the illocutionary form of > > > an exhortation to action, the proposition: "It is sweet to > > > die for your country." ? > > > > > > \brad mccormick > > > -- > > > Let your light so shine before men, > > > that they may see your good works.... (Matt > 5:16) > > > > > > Prove all things; hold fast that which is good. (1 Thes > 5:21) > > > > > > <![%THINK;[SGML+APL]]> Brad McCormick, Ed.D. / > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > > > Visit my website ==> http://www.users.cloud9.net/~bradmcc/ > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Futurework mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://scribe.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework > > > ________________________________________________________________ The best thing to hit the internet in years - Juno SpeedBand! Surf the web up to FIVE TIMES FASTER! Only $14.95/ month - visit www.juno.com to sign up today! _______________________________________________ Futurework mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://scribe.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework
