Weg can also mean "path" and "away". Axel
-----Oorspronkelijk bericht----- Van: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Verzonden: zondag 27 november 2005 20:38 Aan: [email protected] Onderwerp: [meteorite-list] what is "weg"? -- Getting off-topic now ;-) Mike Farmer wrote: "I think he means "Way" as in a street name." Axel wrote: "I'm not sure but it could mean West European Community (Gemeinschaft)." Peter Marmet wrote: "Yes, it means Street or Road!" Hi Mike, Axel, Peter, Martin, and List, I think Mike is right although "weg" can have several different meanings depending on the context. What a fine opportunity to show our list members how closely related German and English are - they are both Germanic (or Teutonic) languages after all. So look and listen: a German "t" is often a "d" in English, and "ag" or "eg" is "ay" or "ai". Here are some examples: Weg - way / Tag - day / lag - lay / sag - say / mag - may / Segel - sail Some more? The German syllable "-ark-" or "-org-" is often represented by the English "row" Look here: Mark => marrow / Sorge => sorrow / Morgen => (to-) morrow. German -elb- or -alg- or -olg- can change into "low": gelb => yellow / Talg => tallow / folgen => follow Sorry, I couldn't resist ;-) Bernd ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
