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Re: Need German equivalent of "crank"
Posted:
Nov 29, 2006 7:11 PM
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Larry Hammick wrote:
> Any native German speakers in the house? I'm looking for the German
> equivalent, if there is one, of "crank", in the usual sci.math sense of
> that word.
"Cuckoo". Since the Swiss invented
the whole subject, not Americans or Germans,
Since that's where William Tell stories came from.
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Crank_%28person%29
> Crankosity, despite its great importance and worldwide prevalence, is
> treated at Wikipedia only in English, Danish, and Chinese. Now this
> room is full of experts on the subject, from all over the globe. Get to
> work, you guys.
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