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    Default German machine warning

    Can anyone translate?
    …..Live a Quiet Life & Work with your Hands

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    Ya.Ist goot!

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    I think you will find that is pseudo German, but basically it says don't stick your fingers in here; things can break or there can be sparks. The machine is not to be used by idiots and viewers should keep their hands in their pockets. Relax and watch the blinking lights.

    Interesting though.
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    That one's been around for at least 40 years. Might even be WWII vintage.

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    DSEL74,
    Thank you I have looking for this for years

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    Bob, it says 1987 on the side but I think it’s been around in concept for maybe twice that.

    Sorry China no I don’t, but you should be able to type it up in almost any computer program and make your own.
    …..Live a Quiet Life & Work with your Hands

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    I did not delete the original message quick enough, yes I copied it and will print my own, the first time I saw this was it the early 60's when I went to the NEWS ( along gone afternoon paper in South Australia) with my Dad
    who was employed there, it was on a linotype machine, there is another similar one around that has a cartoon type diagram as well

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    Who says das Germans don't have a sense of das humor?

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    Who says it was written by Germans?????
    The only German word I can see ist 'Achtung' which translates to 'Attention' ..... everything else is funny English with 'an accent'
    Btw, Germans do find that funny too....
    Cheers, Joe
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    I don’t think it is meant to be serious.


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    …..Live a Quiet Life & Work with your Hands

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    Australians (including me) - serious? Never!
    That's why I live here instead of Germany!
    Cheers, Joe
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    Dummkopfen - from what I remember Dumm = dumb, kopfen is head. So dumb head.
    Ist nicht = is not

    So there are quite a few German words there, most of which easily translate.

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    dumm = stupid, Dummkopf = twit, Dummköpfe= twits
    dummkopfen = ???? 'British' German? like 'sheisenhausen' (not a German word either)....

    All very funny to native German speakers.....

    Here is a German counter-story:

    English will be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was the other possibility.

    As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5- year phase-in plan that would become known as "Euro-English".

    In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make the sivil servants jump with joy. The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.

    There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like fotograf 20% shorter.

    In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.

    Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always ben a deterent to akurate speling.

    Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is disgrasful and it should go away.

    By the 4th yer peopl wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with "z" and "w" with "v".

    During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou" and after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.

    Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.

    Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze forst plas.
    Cheers, Joe
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    Good one Joe,

    I love it!

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