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Re: [LoGH] Koenigstiger

devans@uneb.edu
Thu, 19 Apr 2001 13:19:06 -0500



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>Bengal tiger -- der K=F6nigstiger (Zoologie)
=A0 Okay, that sounds better than "king tiger" so I'll buy that. ;-)=A0 B=
ut
that means instead of the black paintjob, it should've been the one to ge=
t
the tiger-striped paint, rather than the Mauria! ^^
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"King's Tiger" also works in the context here as well.
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To throw a further schraubenschluessel im der tiegel,  "tiegel" is also a
German engineering tern for "crucible".
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I'm becoming rather enchanted with the image of 'The King's Crucible',
submitting his enemies to the cleansing refiner's fire of battle. (Sorry
for the Star Fleet Battles reference.) ;->=3D

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