> From: Stefan Winter <stefan.winter@xxxxxxxxxx> > > > [...] ferkakte [...] > > As a German, I'm now torn apart between being flattered that we've > successfully exported a German word to the U.S. and being speechlessly > shocked by the way spelling was b0rked in the process. Given that the word is Yiddish, and therefore has been transliterated from the Hebrew alphabet (in which Yiddish is written) into the Latin alphabet, you can blame the problem on incorrect internationalization... Dale