Re: Cologne, Germany

Am Tue, 09 May 2006 22:27:02 +0800 schrieb Lee Sau Dan:

"Ruud" == Ruud Harmsen <realemailseesite13@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

Ruud> Perhaps the fact that the name is Keulen in Dutch (sprich
Ruud> Kölen) and that there final -n tends to get lost, has
Ruud> something to do with it? Köln ==> Köllen ==> Kölle?

Keulen? That's a German word (singular: Keule). I learnt this word
from Hähnchenkeule on the Canteen's menu. :9

And it is also a verb, meaning mass killing animals when they have a
disease (like currently the bird flu).

Joachim
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