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Coup among the German Social Democrats | 29 comments (29 topical, editorial, 0 hidden)

Re: Coup among the German Social Democrats (none / 1)

"friends of Gerd"?

A vote for PES is a vote for EPP! A vote for EPP is a vote for PES! Support the coalition, vote EPP-PES in 2009!

by A swedish kind of death on Mon Sep 8th, 2008 at 11:45:41 AM EST
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Re: Coup among the German Social Democrats (4.00 / 2)

Gerd = Gerhard Schroeder

A vivid image of what should exist acts as a surrogate for reality. Pursuit of the image then prevents pursuit of the reality -- John K. Galbraith

by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Mon Sep 8th, 2008 at 11:46:16 AM EST
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Re: Coup among the German Social Democrats (none / 1)

Ah.

Gerd being a female name in swedish, I failed to see that it could be a shorter form of Gerhard in German.

A vote for PES is a vote for EPP! A vote for EPP is a vote for PES! Support the coalition, vote EPP-PES in 2009!

by A swedish kind of death on Mon Sep 8th, 2008 at 05:46:34 PM EST
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Re: Coup among the German Social Democrats (none / 1)

GERD also means Gastro-Esophagal Reflux Disorder...

A vivid image of what should exist acts as a surrogate for reality. Pursuit of the image then prevents pursuit of the reality -- John K. Galbraith

by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Mon Sep 8th, 2008 at 06:24:07 PM EST
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Re: Coup among the German Social Democrats (4.00 / 2)

Gastroesophageal reflux disease - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Typical GERD symptoms include cough, hoarseness, voice changes, chronic ear ache, burning chest pains, nausea or sinusitis.

Did these sympthoms manifest themselves in the german population during the Gerd-years?

A vote for PES is a vote for EPP! A vote for EPP is a vote for PES! Support the coalition, vote EPP-PES in 2009!

by A swedish kind of death on Mon Sep 8th, 2008 at 06:49:39 PM EST
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Re: Coup among the German Social Democrats (none / 1)

Where'd you got that, Martin?

_{*Lunatic*, n.

One whose delusions are out of fashion.}

by DoDo on Mon Sep 8th, 2008 at 12:11:06 PM EST
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Re: Coup among the German Social Democrats (4.00 / 2)

I don't know any more, it was used by several newspapers. It seems the term was invented by aides of Schroeder, when he was still chancellor, but the more widespread use seem to have occured only more recently - it is more relevant now, as some in the SPD want to follow the course Schroeder has started, and others want a significant change away from things like the agenda 2010.

Der Amerikaner ist die Orchidee unter den Menschen
Volker Pispers

by Martin (weiser.mensch(at)googlemail.com) on Mon Sep 8th, 2008 at 02:24:45 PM EST
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Apparently, they created a website. I missed this, and was wondering about the English - didn't realise it's Neudeutsch...

_{*Lunatic*, n.

One whose delusions are out of fashion.}

by DoDo on Mon Sep 8th, 2008 at 02:29:30 PM EST
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Once I should write a diary about Neudeutsch, and my distaste for it as a non-native-speaker.

_{*Lunatic*, n.

One whose delusions are out of fashion.}

by DoDo on Mon Sep 8th, 2008 at 02:30:17 PM EST
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