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Unread 07-06-2010, 04:13 PM   #10
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Originally Posted by bijj62 View Post
"do your own $hit, you smart a$$e$!" Why would you say that kind of thing Sieger?
Your's is a literal translation, but not an historically accurate one.

The first part of the sentence is a quote from the King of Saxony upon his forced abdication in 1918. A better translation would be..."Now your free to do your "own thing". A Klugscheisser is better translated as a "know it all", but in a town clown sort of way.

Given the tone of Mr. George's remarks to me, arrogant and condescending, I think I was quite civilized with him.

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