Re:Not exactly(Score:2)
by mercedo (822671) * on 2007.02.08 6:38 (#17926228) (http://www.blogger.com/profile/11854854 Last Journal: 2007.02.08 5:03)
I remember the scene in a movie that I watched in my youth- before crossing fire Germans sent a herald to an American counterpart demanding a surrender without fighting. The reply was 'Nuts'. Many years ago the language skill of translator was not enough to meet. The superimposed terop had translated very literally something similar to walnuts or pecans. I felt perplexed, as Germans did.
Many year later I found the word nuts means crazy, stupid etc. I thought that's it.
Now I understand the word nuts that was used in Bastogne meant much stronger than crazy, let alone mixed nuts. One word gains more meaning as time goes inside myself.
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