Re: [Enigma-devel] thank you!!

[Ronald Lamprecht]

Hi,

IvorW wrote:
> Andreas Lochmann wrote:
>
> > > I'm now stuck on the "advanced tutorial" level, but I've finally
> > > figured out why the spoon could be a good thing.  (Though I have no
> > > idea why a spoon would kill you when you drop it.)
> >
> > That's a German wordplay. We say "den Loeffel abgeben" ("to give the
> > spoon
> > away" meaning "not to eat anymore") as a circumscription for "to die".
> >
> > And ... what symbol is more non-violent?
>
> Thank you for clearing up the significance of the spoon for us Brits.

Well I fear the German wordplay is not as non-violent as Andreas told 
you. I never heard his modern wordplay but am very sure the ancient word 
play has its origin in the language of hunters.

The German word for the ears of rabbits is "Loeffel" ("spoon") due to 
their shape. In the hunters language dead rabbits have given away their 
ears - called spoons. And thus it got the common German habit to 
recommend each other not to give away the spoon.

-- Ronald