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- From: ceci@lysator.liu.se (Cecilia Henningsson)
- Subject: Re: more on indoor christmas trees
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- References: <1992Nov19.155523.25072@math.ucla.edu>
- Date: Sat, 21 Nov 1992 17:37:41 GMT
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- ramirez@julia.math.ucla.edu (Alice Ramirez) writes:
- [fine article about using a Yule tree that rhymes with your local flora]
-
- > Of course, you can't really stand around a potted Ponderosa Lemon singing
- >"Oh Tannenbaum" and keep a straight face.....
-
- You really can't do it standing around a normal Yule tree either, as
- "Tannenbaum" means fir tree, and not spruce. The author of the lyrics
- obviously wasn't a botanist. For the moment the German word for spruce
- escapes me, could someone refresh my memory? I suppose
- "Weihnachtsbaum" would do, at least at this time of year.
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- der Tannenbaum, die Tannenbaeume - fir
- der Weihnachtsbaum, die Weihnachtsbaeume - Yule tree
- Weihnachten - Yule (or Christmas, if you prefer the appropriate religion)
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- I won't give you the lyrics to the nasty version of the song. ;)
-
- --Ceci, it's nice to be able to be ethnocentric about several cultures :)
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