[rescue] Bodoman is at it again...

[Steve Sandau]

Thanks for the details. I didn't know all that. I have heard uber before
as in "Deutchland uber alles", and German military ranks, etc. I guess I
really just objected to his invention/use of the term more than anything
else...

Bjrn Ramqvist wrote:
> 
> Steve Sandau wrote:
> >
> <snip>
> >
> > Where the f@#$ did "uber geek" come from anyway? Sounds obnoxious,
> > historical German overtones and all...
> 
> "uber" (as in "uber geek") is a somewhat americanized version of "ber",
> but without the two dots above the letter U. The correct letter ""
> sounds like a "Y", like in the word "luxury".
> If you look up the word "ber" it means something like "over", "ahead"
> or words like that. "ber alles", as for example, would mean "above
> all".
> 
> Do keep in mind that German (and other european languages) is very
> different from English/U.S.English, not just word-wise different. Heck,
> it's even complicated between all the European languages. :-)
> 
> /Bjorn - Swede
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