Re: [MV] flak--All you wanted to know

From: Bruce C. Beattie (bruce@eecs.berkeley.edu)
Date: Tue Dec 14 2004 - 18:15:43 PST


Hi Art,
Does that mean that I get a free set of lockers for my M54A2?
Bruce

m35products wrote:

>Vell, dat iss all veddy interestink, Herr Beattie. Ve tank you zo much for
>ze informashun.
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>APB
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>>Main Entry: flak Pronunciation Guide
>>Variant(s): also flack \flak\
>>Function: noun
>>Inflected Form(s): plural flak
>>Etymology: German flak, from fliegerabwehrkanone antiaircraft gun, from
>>fliegerabwehr defense against air attack (from flieger aviator -- from
>>fliegen to fly, from Old High German fliogan -- + abwehr defense, from
>>abwehren to ward off, from ab off, away -- from Old High German aba -- +
>>wehren to restrain, forbid, from Old High German werren to defend) +
>>kanone cannon, from Italian cannone -- more at FLY, OF, WEIR, CANNON
>>1 : antiaircraft guns <flak battery> <flak ship>
>>2 : the bursting shells fired from flak <despite heavy flak damage made
>>a safe landing>
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