>From: "H. David Friedberg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Date: Sun, 20 Sep 1998 10:41:43 -0400
>Subject: Mersenne: Re: meaning of "gdunken"
>
>> PS. On the title of this thread: what the heck does 'gdunken' mean?
>> My guess is the German 'Gedenken' meaning thoughts, rather than
>> 'gedanken' meaning thanks.  Its new to me but not inscrutable
The meaning of "Gedanken" is "thoughts"; however "Gedenken" is roughly
equivalent to the word "memorial" when used like in "memorial service".
The german word for "thanks" is "Danke".

Hope I'm not being too much of a smartass....;-)

Martin

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