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The re-translations of ''Moist'' to ''Feucht'' in the German edition and back are more hilarious than usual: see [http://translate.google.ca/translate?hl=en&sl=de&u=http://www.thediscworld.de/index.php/Feucht_von_Lipwig&prev=/search%3Fq%3DFeucht%2Bvon%2BLipwig%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26hs%3Dclt%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-US:official the Diskwiki article]. --[[User:Old Dickens|Old Dickens]] ([[User talk:Old Dickens|talk]]) 02:06, 28 February 2014 (UTC) | The re-translations of ''Moist'' to ''Feucht'' in the German edition and back are more hilarious than usual: see [http://translate.google.ca/translate?hl=en&sl=de&u=http://www.thediscworld.de/index.php/Feucht_von_Lipwig&prev=/search%3Fq%3DFeucht%2Bvon%2BLipwig%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26hs%3Dclt%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-US:official the Diskwiki article]. --[[User:Old Dickens|Old Dickens]] ([[User talk:Old Dickens|talk]]) 02:06, 28 February 2014 (UTC) | ||
==What derivation?== | |||
There ''was'' a Ludwig von Mises, but is he somehow relevant here or is it just that they both have "von"? There were also von Hindenberg, von Neumann, von Braun... --[[User:Old Dickens|Old Dickens]] ([[User talk:Old Dickens|talk]]) 15:36, 1 March 2014 (UTC) | |||
I'm removing him. The Victor Lustig suggestion isn't very compelling either, out of all history's con-men, but at least there are similarities. --[[User:Old Dickens|Old Dickens]] ([[User talk:Old Dickens|talk]]) 15:06, 22 August 2014 (UTC) | |||
Latest revision as of 15:06, 22 August 2014
The re-translations of Moist to Feucht in the German edition and back are more hilarious than usual: see the Diskwiki article. --Old Dickens (talk) 02:06, 28 February 2014 (UTC)
What derivation?
There was a Ludwig von Mises, but is he somehow relevant here or is it just that they both have "von"? There were also von Hindenberg, von Neumann, von Braun... --Old Dickens (talk) 15:36, 1 March 2014 (UTC)
I'm removing him. The Victor Lustig suggestion isn't very compelling either, out of all history's con-men, but at least there are similarities. --Old Dickens (talk) 15:06, 22 August 2014 (UTC)