Re: question 2

Vanpus E'ynoss (Vanpus@worldnet.att.net)
Thu, 5 Mar 1998 23:10:12 -1000


-----Original Message-----
From: Walter Amos <amos@sedl.org>
To: logh <logh@CSUA.Berkeley.EDU>
Date: Thursday, March 05, 1998 6:22 PM
Subject: Re: question 2



>As I said in my last note, I have seen bith spellings used so I think both
are
>valid.  But near as I can tell "rein" means "clean" or "pure", unless the
noun
>(capitalized) is different from the adjective (lower case).  The German
word
>for poor is "arm".
>Also as I said earlier, if you use the Lowengramm spelling (with the o
>umlauted), the root in German would mean lion.  I am certain his first name
is
>actually Reinhard, not Lionheart.


Thanks a lot Walter!

I think that is the best explanation i heard so far.

"A hundred sheeps led by a lion is stronger than a hundred lions led by a
sheep."   - Commodore Yang Wen-Li