Hello Roelof,

Monday, November 3, 2003, 7:49:25 AM, you wrote:


JH>> In german it's a mouse too, a Fledermaus, but I have no idea,
JH>> what the 'Fleder' stands for...

> Stands for wing. In some parts of Holland 'vleder' is still being used
> (though not much) for wing. And considering the common roots of Dutch
> and German...

yeah I guess the root will be the old north german variant of german, and it made its 
way into the current german language... I didn't know. Okay, so in german it's simply 
the Mouse with Wings. That's at least better than 'bald' LOL.

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Regards,
 Jurgen

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