--0016e6434bd42cd49a0486fb750f Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 On Wed, May 19, 2010 at 9:48 PM, Robert Klemme <shortcutter / googlemail.com> wrote: > Btw, funny thing is that "klein" is actually also a German word which > can be directly translated to "small". "Klemme" is a tad more > difficult, you can see translations here: > http://dict.leo.org/?search emme Google Translate seems quite close to that, giving several possibilities: http://translate.google.co.uk/?&hllr ab #de|en|klemme<http://translate.google.co.uk/?&hllr ab #de%7Cen%7Cklemme> but http://babelfish.yahoo.com gives just a one word answer "wedges"! I rather like the phrase "in der Klemme sitzen" in "http://dict.leo.org", and that "leo" reminds me of the following "quiz" question: Was the world's first business computer manufactured by: (a) IBM, (b) another American business machines company, or (c) a chain of British tea-shops and cafes? The answer is of course (c)! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LEO_(computer)<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LEO_%28computer%29> http://www.leo-computers.org.uk http://www.kzwp.com/lyons/index.htm <http://www.kzwp.com/lyons> http://www.kzwp.com/lyons/leo.htm http://www.economicexpert.com/a/LEO:computer.html http://www.amazon.co.uk/Computer-Called-LEO-worlds-computer/dp/1841151858 http://www.amazon.co.uk/product-reviews/1841151866 ... When I joined the computer industry in 1965, a friend in IBM confided in me that the Leo (Lyons Electronic Office) series of computers (already in there last days) were IBM's most serious rival in commercial computing. ... --0016e6434bd42cd49a0486fb750f--