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RE: [bomp] intersect this




"kreuzen" is a verb
"Die Kreuzen" is a plural noun
Nouns are capitalized, verbs aren't
And verbs don't have "the" in front of them

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Joey


> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-bomp@xnet2.com [mailto:owner-bomp@xnet2.com]On Behalf Of
> mykel larson
> Sent: Sunday, June 15, 2008 11:23 PM
> To: bomp@xnet2.com
> Subject: Re: [bomp] intersect this
> 
> 
> 
> i believe everything i find on the internet and i think that 
> makes me a more
> selective human than someone who doesn't believe anything:
> 
> http://www.babylon.com/definition/kreuzen/English
> 
> 
>   ----- Original Message -----
>   From: Joey Beretta
>   To: bomp@xnet2.com
>   Sent: Monday, June 16, 2008 3:07 AM
>   Subject: RE: [bomp] intersect this
> 
> 
> 
>   No, it's a plural noun.  Kreuzen is the plural of kreuz.
> 
> 
>   > -----Original Message-----
>   > From: owner-bomp@xnet2.com [mailto:owner-bomp@xnet2.com]On Behalf Of
>   > mykel larson
>   > Sent: Sunday, June 15, 2008 11:00 PM
>   > To: bomp@xnet2.com
>   > Subject: [bomp] intersect this
>   >
>   >
>   >
>   > are you sure it doesn't (roughly) mean "to cross"?
>   >
>   > and are you also sure that "kreuze" wouldn't be the plural of 
> "kreuzen"?
>   >
>   >   ----- Original Message -----
>   >   From: Joey Beretta
>   >   To: bomp@xnet2.com
>   >   Sent: Monday, June 16, 2008 2:41 AM
>   >   Subject: RE: [bomp] Bo No Mo'
>   >
>   >
>   >
>   >   Well, they're wrong about what their own name means--it means "the
>   > crosses."
>   >
>   >   Joey
>   >
>   >
>   >   > -----Original Message-----
>   >   > From: owner-bomp@xnet2.com 
[mailto:owner-bomp@xnet2.com]On Behalf Of
  >   > mykel larson
  >   > Sent: Sunday, June 15, 2008 8:07 PM
  >   > To: bomp@xnet2.com
  >   > Subject: Re: [bomp] Bo No Mo'
  >   >
  >   >
  >   >
  >   > "'Die Kreuzen' roughly translates out of German meaning 'to
  >   > intersect' or 'to
  >   > hybridize,'"

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