> -----Original Message-----
> From: mining-history [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> On Behalf Of Tony Oldham
> Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2007 3:50 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Harz Mountains World Heritage Site
>
> Jochen
>
> Is there something you are not telling me? What is a
> ducket?
He means ducat:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ducat
From the German Dukatenscheißer (a shitter of gold coins). Where my mum used
to ask "Do you think I'm Rothschild?" the German mum would ask if you think
she is a Dukatenscheißer.
Regards
--
Alan Johnson, Geotr@ns
www.geotrans-online.de
German-English, Geosciences/Technical
http://geotransblog.blogspot.com/
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