On 27.09.2006, at 22:23, Bert Freudenberg wrote:

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> Am 27.09.2006 um 09:26 schrieb Andreas Raab:
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>> karl wrote:
>>> Puff!
>>
>> Now *that* wouldn't do in German. Oh, no, my dear ;-)
>
> Indeed :)
>

In Swiss High-German it's not that bad... "I have a Puff at home"   
does not mean that
you're running a lucrative side bussiness ;-).  It's just that they  
know their french.
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