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Re: German

Posted by bob on February 22, 2000

In Reply to: Re: German posted by Bruce Kahl on February 22, 2000

: I recently saw an authentic Gas Mask in an Army / Navy store, and I was puzzled to see a German saying "Hier Stopfen Abziehen Dann Kappe Abschrauben." I was wondering what the rough translation of this German phrase was, and why it is on a gas mask.

: "Then place plug here when unscrewing the cap."

There's a fun place to go for simple translations to and from English and a few European languages:
http://babelfish.altavista.com/cgi-bin/translate?