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From: tmh@ihldt.UUCP (Tom Harris)
Newsgroups: net.jokes
Subject: A translation and some last words from history
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Date: Thu, 22-Dec-83 09:18:00 EST
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Posted: Thu Dec 22 09:18:00 1983
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The run of tranlations and famos last words has reminded me of one
of each from history.

The official English Army history of the battle of Waterloo
translates:
Merde
to:
The Old Guard never surrenders.
(At the end of the battle Wellington asked the French Old Guard
surrender since they were pretty much facing the entire English
Army alone).

Davy Crockett had these last words (for his ex-constituents) after
losing his bid for reelection to the U.S. Senate:
You can all can go to hell, I'm going to Texas!
(He shortly afterwards became the third Colonel at the mission in
San Antionio aka the Alamo).

				Forward into the Past
				   Tom Harris

P.S. merde is usually translated into English as fuvg (rot13).