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Once again AWADtalk shows its vitalilty by morphing a thread into something quite different and equally delightful.
When I first started learning German in 9th grade, we were taught the proverb, Wer A sagt muss auch B sagen -- Whoever says A must also say B. This was translated, In for a penny, in for a pound, which was singularly unhelpful if you didn't know about English money. I always thought it was a very cryptic expression.
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muss auch B sagen
But isn't that a pun on besagen, Bob?
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"But isn't that a pun on besagen, Bob?" Not much of a pun. The impression I have of the proverb is that if you start something, you have to finish it, or take the consequences.
to mean -- besagen
to prove -- besagen
to prove -- beweisen; erproben; besagen
to say -- besagen
to signify -- besagen
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The pun is indeed achieved if besagen is understood to mean 'to imply'.
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I remember some new math "A implies B" . But I still don't see the pun. Please spell it out.
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Hey, Bill - give 'em a break - it's a German joke, after all!  [runnink für mein life, leiblings]
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Dear Mav: I'm just giving them a golden opportunity to demonstrate my inferior comprehension.
And the German-English draws a blank on "leibling". Presumably typo for "lieblings"? Or subtle coinage?
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Dr Bill, you mean coinage as in "in for a penny, in for a pound"?  [ducking for cover emoticon]
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Dear Marianna: I have learned to be on my guard with Mav. He sometimes hits below the belt in clinches.
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I cannot tell a lei
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