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Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2000 18:13:46 -0500
From: "George Y. Trail" <gtrail-AT-UH.EDU>
Subject: Re: PLC: Nietzschean WASP Activity??


Well, Pshaw. Thanks anyway. I have been doing some work on equivocation
and this popped to mind. That was especially relevant (equivocation) to
"'There's no time to loose," I heard her say." 

> The equivalent word to "recreation" is _Erholung_, related to the verb
> _erholen_, which means roughly to "take back" or "recover" (one's former
> restfulness, in this case).
> 
> Actually, in the first half of the strophe, the verb _erzeugen_ has a sexual
> implication ("breed" or "spawn" is somewhere in there) and in this case the
> less sexual meaning is "be raised or educated to"; but _Erholung_, no.
> 
> Sorry to be the bearer of bad tidings,
> 
> pk
> 
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