> From: Gerhard Postpischil <gerh...@valley.net> > Somewhat off topic, but if that was supposed to be German, it's wrong. I
> only have a rudimentary knowledge of Yiddish, but I believe it's wrong > there, too. > > (Die) alte Kacker is the valid masculine plural. > (Der) alter Kacker is the masculine singular. > (Die) alte Kackerin is the feminine singular. > > I assume you meant the second form, unless you are suffering from > multiple personality disorder <g> > > Gerhard Postpischil It came from a T shirt. Although my pre Ellis Island family name had an umlaut in it, I am told that my German heritage suffered an interruption on the first day of WWI when the citizens of N KY quit speaking the mother tongue and took down the signs written in it. I had one course in undergraduate. In graduate school, I passed a language exam in German only after two tries. The text was a paper by Wolfgang Pauli on pair production in freien raum (sp?), which was related to my thesis topic. If only macro assembler had been a possible choice then.... My current knowledge of German is mostly at the T shirt level. ----------------------------------------- The information contained in this communication (including any attachments hereto) is confidential and is intended solely for the personal and confidential use of the individual or entity to whom it is addressed. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient or an agent responsible for delivering it to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that you have received this communication in error and that any review, dissemination, copying, or unauthorized use of this information, or the taking of any action in reliance on the contents of this information is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by e-mail, and delete the original message. Thank you ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
