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Unread 09-29-2016, 09:39 AM   #13
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No, it's not gesundheit... look closer...

"sicherheit" means "Safety"...

In the same sense that the romance languages are rooted in Latin, German and English are both rooted in old English. This has some interesting consequences, including similar sounding words that mean completely different and unrelated things.

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