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Manoucher Moshtagh

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I joined this forum a while ago and I would like to thank Amu Bill and all forumites here for having such an informative and friendly atmosphere. On Sunday as I was driving to Luxembourg for a business trip, I had plenty of time to think about you my friends. Short period of time and you have given me the feeling of belonging, belonging to a family, a family which cherishes its members and has excellent presents for its members; these beauties are called Khukuris, a name which is associated with honor and strength, a name which mesmerizes the members of this honorable family since they know that these blades were carried, have been carried, are carried and will be carried by honorable warriors.
In a world in which the number of friends could be counted by fingers, I am proud and happy to be here. Coming to the Cantina is like coming to a house with an excellent host and a lot of dear guests . . .
I am happy to be here, thank you.

Manoucher
 
Yes, it is like a weird little home away from home, isn't it?

BTW manhoucher, you're in Germany, so I'm betting you know some German:

What does the name "Sauer" mean? My Great Great Grandfather's name was Freidrich Sauer. Same name as Sig-Sauer, gunmakers.

Any info on this wouuld be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

Keith
 
Keith,

sure I am very fluent in German. I also have a degree from a German university not only from American university, although I have to admit that I love the USA very much and speaking English above all, but not to that extent that I forget all my German (just kidding!). Maybe I do someday and then have to emigarte to your beautiful country
:)
"Sauer" has different meanings:

1) sour (not sweet);
2) pickled
3)sickly and sour
4) acidic
5) to be angry and mad, such as "Ich bin sauer: I am mad and angry"


Regards,

Manoucher
 
Originally posted by Ferrous Wheel
Yes, it is like a weird little home away from home, isn't it?


What does the name "Sauer" mean? My Great Great Grandfather's name was Freidrich Sauer. Same name as Sig-Sauer, gunmakers.
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Sig-Sauer = 'Victory-Sour', ;)
 
Yep, you can imagine what it was like to go thru grade school with such a last name. Luckily, Keith is a hard name to deride. I had a budd that I'd hang with, and his name is Warren Sweet. People saw us coming, and started with the old "Hey its Sweet and Sauer!".

I've heard it means "Sour" "Sow (female pig)" "Sad or morose person", and even "Savior" Quite a range, eh?

"Fun at parties, quaranteed to to break the ice" --Eric Idle, Monty Python's Flying Circus.

BTW, I still have Grandad Fritz' ruck from WW I. It includes aluminum round dog tags, Trajectory book (he was an artilleryman), mess kit, period news clippings, shopping lists, a hairbrush on which he carved "Vichy, France 1918", and a small vial containing one of the many grenade fragments they dug out of him (He took some of those to the grave with him). Got the Purple Heart for that. So his immigration to America went something like "welcome to America. Now, go fight the Germans, your ex-countrymen, in France." He said that he had the opportunity to speak german to some germans, but the U.S. uniform always made them reach or their guns. His was already out. Understandably, they had little to say.

Keith
 
Beoram: Sig can also mean "Sun" if you are speaking runically.

BTW, a number of the runes and symbols fromm the viking age have been outlawed in Germany, I heard. Gotta watch out fer those National Socialists!

Keith
 
Yeah, WW I was a real meat grinder. The Germans came up with the idea of dropping grenades from biplanes, and that's how most of his fire team got it. I guess that's why AA guns showed up soon after that.

Keith
 
Glad to be part of the big party. May the candle's flame never burn low.
 
The Doctor who brought me into the world was a WWI battlefield surgeon, doing his work mostly by lantern light. Talk about a case of PTSD before it was ever coined that. He paid a very, very high price for service to country. I'll never forget him -- Dr. Alphonso D. Hays. Hell of a man.
 
...so let's all gather round the bar @ the cantina and drink from the Minni (memory) horn to honor all those who have given dearly.

Cattle die, kinsman die,
One day so will you.
But one thing that never dies,
Is the memory of brave deeds.
--Havamal

Keith
 
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