Dear Phil,

pique in the German translation is not a fine word. It means the same to pick on another person,
or to get in rage, angery, eg. So maybe I missunderstood this word. I was not pleased with warning of today, as I feel I stopped asking for ......... public on conch-l. So I think the warning
was unjustified. So I'll quit really. I think I have done my best, I had always a little bit of
Tyrolean or self created homour, which not always was to understand. But I hope some
of you loved my contributes to the list and have not been annoyed by me.
with best greetings
Helmut, getting normal, but too late.



Helmut "Helix" Nisters
Franz-Fischer-Str. 46
A-6020 Innsbruck / Austria / Europe
phone: 0043 / 512 / 57 32 14
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web:    www.netwing.at/nisters/
           (please visit it and sign guestbook)
always looking for shellgrit from all over the world
for my nearly 89 years aged mother Irmgard
to makes happy and to keep up her health

office:
Natural History Department of the
Tiroler Landesmuseum Ferdinandeum Innsbruck
Feldstrasse 11 a
A-6020 Innsbruck / Austria / Europe
phone: 0043 / 512 / 58 72 86 - 37
web: www.tiroler-landesmuseum.at
        (specimen donations to the
         Tiroler Landesmuseum molluscs collection
         are always appreciated)

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Dear Helmut,
"Pique" means, more or less, a fit of displeasure. Some of us find uses of
the word funny. We did not mean to say that you should be "picked" on.
Humor is the last thing one masters in another language.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Helmut Nisters" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, June 18, 2000 12:42 PM
Subject: AW:


> When I should be an object of piquing you should find another person and
not me. Piquing in a nice of
> friendy sense or in a bad one.
> Again with best shelling greetings
> Helmut