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List:       pykde
Subject:    Re: [PyKDE] Screenshots: PyQt/KDE Development-Portal
From:       Konrad Hinsen <hinsen () cnrs-orleans ! fr>
Date:       2002-10-24 8:21:48
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Jim Bublitz <jbublitz@nwinternet.com> writes:

> Now that you mention it, I can't remeber every hearing "liebchen"
> at home, but definitely "Schatz" or "Schatzie". "Liebchen" is the
> stereotypical "Hollywood" word used in dialog with German

Interesting. It's rather archaic, I can't imagine anyone using it
today. Perhaps in the early 20th century.

> for example - as in "my little liebchen". Now I wonder what the
> derivation of that word is ...

"Lieb" means "dear", and "-chen" is the diminutive suffix, which has
no direct equivalent in English.

I never expected to discuss German on a Python list :-)

Konrad.

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