Eaglesnest
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August 24th, 2014 at 1:38:57 AM permalink
Quote: onenickelmiracle

Can you explain your law in English?



I already did so. Would you prefer German?
odiousgambit
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August 24th, 2014 at 3:36:03 AM permalink
Quote: Eaglesnest

I already did so. Would you prefer German?



Es ist so gut wie sicher, dass, wenn Hitler oder den Nationalsozialismus sind auf einem Internet-Diskussionsforum erwähnt, jemand wird sofort mit einem Aufruf von "Godwin" Gesetz "" --which wird, wie Elmer Fudd oft Bemerkung über Bugs Bunny zu reagieren ", scheinen vewy cwever ", um die Person, die die Antwort.

[as google translate would have it]
The Dice, the cards, they not only have no sense of justice but are seemingly endowed with a sense of cruel irony. This devolves from the 'nature of random'. Ironically, don't you see. 
AxelWolf
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August 24th, 2014 at 3:44:28 AM permalink
Quote: odiousgambit

Es ist so gut wie sicher, dass, wenn Hitler oder den Nationalsozialismus sind auf einem Internet-Diskussionsforum erwähnt, jemand wird sofort mit einem Aufruf von "Godwin" Gesetz "" --which wird, wie Elmer Fudd oft Bemerkung über Bugs Bunny zu reagieren ", scheinen vewy cwever ", um die Person, die die Antwort.

[as google translate would have it]

Lets pretend this is a Vegas poker room. And no you can not be the dealer or the house.
♪♪Now you swear and kick and beg us That you're not a gamblin' man Then you find you're back in Vegas With a handle in your hand♪♪ Your black cards can make you money So you hide them when you're able In the land of casinos and money You must put them on the table♪♪ You go back Jack do it again roulette wheels turinin' 'round and 'round♪♪ You go back Jack do it again♪♪
odiousgambit
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August 24th, 2014 at 3:51:20 AM permalink
Quote: AxelWolf

Lets pretend this is a Vegas poker room.



Good, 'cuz somehow "die die Antwort" doesn't look right.
The Dice, the cards, they not only have no sense of justice but are seemingly endowed with a sense of cruel irony. This devolves from the 'nature of random'. Ironically, don't you see. 
24Bingo
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August 24th, 2014 at 11:24:12 AM permalink
Quote: Eaglesnest

"Hitler" wasn't all that uncommon of a name in Austria back then. It meant "someone who lives near an underground river/spring." I suspect that quite a few people got legal name changes after 1945.



Not really. It's a variant of the more common "Hiedler." Alois Hitler, who had been illegitimate, took on the name of his mother's eventual husband (who probably was his father anyway) in adulthood, and nineteenth-century paperwork being what it was, the spelling was corrupted. I don't know of a Hitler, spelled that way, who's not a descendant of Alois.
The trick to poker is learning not to beat yourself up for your mistakes too much, and certainly not too little, but just the right amount.
AxelWolf
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August 24th, 2014 at 12:04:50 PM permalink
Quote: 24Bingo

Not really. It's a variant of the more common "Hiedler." Alois Hitler, who had been illegitimate, took on the name of his mother's eventual husband (who probably was his father anyway) in adulthood, and nineteenth-century paperwork being what it was, the spelling was corrupted. I don't know of a Hitler, spelled that way, who's not a descendant of Alois.

someone got Schooled.
♪♪Now you swear and kick and beg us That you're not a gamblin' man Then you find you're back in Vegas With a handle in your hand♪♪ Your black cards can make you money So you hide them when you're able In the land of casinos and money You must put them on the table♪♪ You go back Jack do it again roulette wheels turinin' 'round and 'round♪♪ You go back Jack do it again♪♪
Eaglesnest
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August 24th, 2014 at 11:33:51 PM permalink
Quote: AxelWolf

someone got Schooled.



Was it you, Axel?

Actually, "Hitler," "Heidtler," "Heidler," etc. would all be regional spelling variations of the same name. Even as late as the latter part of the 19th century, in Germany as elsewhere, spelling was not standardized. As in Smith/Schmidt/Schmitt, etc.

Actually, I do speak, read and write German fairly well--but boy, does Google Translate louse things up.
Eaglesnest
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August 24th, 2014 at 11:38:32 PM permalink
Quote: odiousgambit

Good, 'cuz somehow "die die Antwort" doesn't look right.



It's actually an OK construct. The first "die" is the relative pronoun (who/that); the second is the definite article (the, feminine). "The person who has the answer" would be in German word order "the person who the answer has"--causing the odd-to-us-sounding juxtaposition of the pronoun and the article.
onenickelmiracle
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August 25th, 2014 at 12:06:46 AM permalink
I still don't think this hitler nazi thing comes up often enough to care about some lame defenses nobody will understand. What have you begun a wikipedia page already for them to look up or for you to cite when they call you "you know who?"
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