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>on 9/1/00 12:32 PM, Gruendel, Frank 3837 PPE-WT at
>Frank.Gruendel@de.heidelberg.com wrote:
>> 5) Hgrmmm... what on earth is the english word for "use a screwdriver to
>> turn a screw counterclockwise until it comes out"??? Could a kind soul
> >please post this?
>Well, you said it just about as well as I could have. I suppose you could
>say "unscrew," but it doesn't necessarily carry all that you said in its
>meaning. Is there a German word that says all that? Wow.
>--
>-Jon Glass
Undoubtably there is, and its direct translation to english: "useascrewdrivertoturnascrewcounterclockwiseuntilitcomesout" <|:-)
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