Idioms and culture...what a world. I'm thinking that Hans isn't telling us to lick his... ;-) Craig On Thu, 2002-12-12 at 05:03, Vaughn Treude wrote: > And all this time, I was thinking, "I ought to ask Hans what that means", > because it must be some German idiom I never learned in school. What threw > me off was the very un-Germanic spelling. Otherwise, it makes sense that it > would be short for Morgen (morning.) > > Sorry about continuing this seriously OT thread, but it's good to finally > know what that "moin moin" business means. :-) > > Vaughn > > On Wednesday 11 December 2002 23:54, you wrote: > > somehow, I ran into this... > > > > "Moin Moin > > > > SourceForge Project Info > > Project Homepage > > FreshMeat Entry > > PythonNews article on wikis" > > > > "MoinMoin is a Python clone of WikiWiki" > > > > Just thought I'd let you know. Find it at: > > > > http://www.austinwireless.net/index.cgi/MoinMoin > > > > anthony > > > > On Wednesday 11 December 2002 02:40 pm, der.hans wrote: > > > moin, moin,, > > > > > > in English, though. > > > > > > http://www.aftenposten.no/english/local/article.jhtml?articleID=453595 > > > > > > ciao, > > > > > > der.hans > > > > --------------------------------------------------- > > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: > > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss