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John Sabato · 12-17-2002, 05:15 PM

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Norm... when you said that "Old German is very difficult to interpret." did you mean that the printed text is difficult to decipher or that the German words were difficult to translate?

I am old enough that when I studied the German language almost 40 years ago, that I the books I used were printed in "High German" or Hoch Deutsch ( and the 'o' in Hoch is supposed to have an umlaut but I don't know how to put that in a message post).

I don't speak German very well, but I do know how to interpret the old print... if that is any help.

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John Sabato Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: The Capital of the Free World Posts: 10,155 Thanks: 3,003 Thanked 2,308 Times in 1,098 Posts	Slightly <img src="graemlins/offtopic.gif" border="0" alt="[offtopic]" /> Norm... when you said that "Old German is very difficult to interpret." did you mean that the printed text is difficult to decipher or that the German words were difficult to translate? I am old enough that when I studied the German language almost 40 years ago, that I the books I used were printed in "High German" or Hoch Deutsch ( and the 'o' in Hoch is supposed to have an umlaut but I don't know how to put that in a message post). I don't speak German very well, but I do know how to interpret the old print... if that is any help. __________________ regards, -John S "...We hold these truths to be self-evident that ALL men are created EQUAL *and are endowed by their Creator* with certain UNALIENABLE* rights, and among these are life, LIBERTY, and the pursuit of happiness..."*