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Countdown to €/£ parity | 102 comments (102 topical, editorial, 0 hidden)
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Hinter in German for backside or behind.  The rest of the country is not Dublin's behind...

notes from no w here
by Frank Schnittger (mail Frankschnittger at hot male dotty communists) on Sun Dec 14th, 2008 at 05:01:54 PM EST
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No, hinter is the preposition 'behind', not the noun.

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by Carrie (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Sun Dec 14th, 2008 at 05:09:28 PM EST
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Hinternland...

*Lunatic*, n.
One whose delusions are out of fashion.
by DoDo on Sun Dec 14th, 2008 at 05:20:13 PM EST
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I think it loses the n in English, to become just hinterland. AFAIK, it's an accepted English term (the spellchecker recognises it too).

- Jake

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by JakeS (JangoSierra 'at' gmail 'dot' com) on Sun Dec 14th, 2008 at 05:22:05 PM EST
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Migeru picked at the German association behind Frank's joke ('behind' in English can also mean after/buttocks/ass/you get me, i German that's Hintern), not "hinterland".

*Lunatic*, n.
One whose delusions are out of fashion.
by DoDo on Sun Dec 14th, 2008 at 05:34:20 PM EST
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Well the rest of the country is not prepositionally behind Dublin either...

notes from no w here
by Frank Schnittger (mail Frankschnittger at hot male dotty communists) on Sun Dec 14th, 2008 at 05:39:47 PM EST
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Countdown to €/£ parity | 102 comments (102 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)
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