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ospalh<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@jensclasen" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>jensclasen</span></a></span> <br>»Strictly speaking, Zug means Pull, Tug, Draught, Procession, March, Progress, Flight, Direction, Expedition, Train, Caravan, Passage, Stroke, Touch, Line, Flourish, Trait of Character, Feature, Lineament, Chess-move, Organ-stop, Team, Whiff, Bias, Drawer, Propensity, Inhalation, Disposition: but that thing which it does not mean,—when all its legitimate pendants have been hung on, has not been discovered yet.«<br><a href="https://chaos.social/tags/MarkTwain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MarkTwain</span></a> on the word »<a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Zug" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Zug</span></a>«<br><a href="https://chaos.social/tags/German" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>German</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/AwfulGermanLanguage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AwfulGermanLanguage</span></a></p>
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