Dear Gunnar,

I think I knew about the "ss" once, but that is the effect of learning Hoch
Deutsch in university from many older texts.  I remembered the sign you
have and I do not on this program.
Thanks,
Nancy



Date sent:              Tue, 11 Feb 2003 17:29:19 +0100
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From:                   Gunnar Jauch <[log in to unmask]>
Subject:                Re: German sounds
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am 11.2.2003 15:10 Uhr schrieb Nancy Gish unter
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> It's Heinrich Heine.  Here is the rest:
>
> Du bist wie eine Blume,
> So hold und schon und rein;
> Ich schau' dich an, und Wehmut
> Schleicht mir ins Herz hinein.

You are like a flower
So dear and beautiful and pure
I look at you and sadness
Is creeping in to my heart.
>
> Mir ist, als ob ich die Hände
> Aufs Haupt dir legen sollt',
> Betend, das Gott dich erhalte
> So rein und schon und hold.

I feel as though I ought to
Lay my hands upon your head,
Praying that God will keep you
So pure and beautiful and dear.

>
>
> I cannot make the umlauts or the sign for the "s" sound in "das" in this
> email even though I have it for my word processing, so apologies to
> Gunnar especially. Nancy


No need to, dear Nancy. In modern German, the ß, signifying a sharp s, is
written as a double s.

G