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Re: Does this mean anything?



On Fri, 10 May 1996, Sharon Henderson wrote:

> Good Michael,
> 
> 	Stoltz is indeed German, and means pride, haughtiness, and suchlike.  
> It has a figurative connotation of something that is majestic.  When paired 
> with wind, (which in German means "wind" <g>) one might conjecture that it 
> means something like a great, powerful force or storm that sweeps all before 
> it.  Sort of like German Mongols?  :-)  

Well, in fact, I think I'm going to 'translate' Stoltzwind as Magestic
Wind, it has a nice ring to it.

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