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Wolfgang BS: Scotch tape produces X-rays (31) RE: BS: Scotch tape produces X-rays 27 Oct 08


Roentgen is the only German I can think of whose name became a verb: "roentgen" = to X ray
Of course we have also "boykottieren" and "lynchen" and "pasteurisieren" but these words come from foreign languages.

The p.p. of that verb is even for a German unpronounceable:
"Ich bin geroentgt worden"
We pronounce it as if it was spelt "geroencht".

Now what does a Dutch mean if he uses the verb "bellen"?

Wolfgang


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