X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f996b,646616ba42385869 X-Google-Attributes: gidf996b,public From: guckes@banach.math.fu-berlin.de (Sven Guckes) Subject: Re: THE TICK Date: 1996/11/19 Message-ID: #1/1 X-Deja-AN: 197512698 references: <55sfct$ncc@news.sas.ab.ca> <6KvRffxMocB@p0000069.tindrum.oche.de> <56m558$93a@camel4.mindspring.com> organization: Freie Universitaet Berlin x-access: 16 17 19 reply-to: guckes@math.fu-berlin.de newsgroups: alt.ascii-art 5ision@pipeline.com (Cardinal Fang): > >s> Someone posted a picture of A tick, but I would like one of THE TICK, > >s> cause there is always room for one more arthropod on the network. > >s> Perhaps Die Fliedermaus too? > > Just tell me: What's the difference an what the hell is 'Die Fliedermaus'? > Die Fliedermaus, as I understand it, is German for The Field Mouse. > I believe there is an opera by the name Die Fliedermaus. (1) It's "Die Fledermaus", meaning "bat". (2) It's an operetta. (3) Field mouse translates to "Feldmaus". (4) Field mice don't fly. HTH. Sven -- \o/ /o\