On Wednesday, April 25, 2001, at 09:38 PM, McCreath_David wrote: > I know "dutzen" is "dozen", so that's definitely not the way it's > spelled, > but I can't even figure out if they're real words or something > colloquial. > According to http://dict.tu-chemnitz.de/ , 'dozen' is 'Dutzend' in German. I can't figure out what the correct spelling for the terms you mention is though...but I know what you mean. Check this out... http://german.about.com/homework/german/library/weekly/aa020998.htm The whole thee/thou thing is a German cognate... > Ist woll prima wieder Deutsch zu reden! Doch wahr! bob -- bob davis bobd at members.evolt.org