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Bao
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 Message 9 of 11
27 March 2010 at 2:47am | IP Logged 
Delodephius wrote:
Being a farm boy I use the word jutro a lot every day. I doubt German farmers don't use morgen frequently amongst themselves.

Being a farm girl I can tell you that Morgen as measurement unit is obsolete. We use Ar (rarely) and Hektar. =)
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 Message 10 of 11
27 March 2010 at 10:09am | IP Logged 
Then you're not real farmers. Real farmers use vague units of measurement! :-D
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Bao
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 Message 11 of 11
27 March 2010 at 2:56pm | IP Logged 
Delodephius wrote:
Then you're not real farmers. Real farmers use vague units of measurement! :-D

We still are Germans, don't forget that.


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