Re: Hello Earth

["Stuart M. Castergine" <scasterg@dispatch.com>]

Love-pups are sooo *cute*. Yes,

Tiefer.
Tiefer.
Irgendwo in der Tiefe, gibt es ein Licht.

Is more-or-less

Deeper. Deeper. Somwhere in the depth (or deep), there is a light.

Stu

On Fri, 1 Aug 1997, Ian Shillingford wrote:

> >At the end of  "Hello Earth"   she speaks something that I thought was
> >Gaelic.  But my Irish girlfriend tells me its not Irish Gaelic.  Anyne
> >have any idea?  It comes about 30 seconds before the start of track 12 and
> >is just whispered.
> 
> I suspect a German-fluent fan might be able to help, as
> Tiefe = depth
> Licht = light
> The other words are too fast for me to work out (I'm very much a beginner).
> 
> ...actually, one of the later e-mails in the list (from Stormin') has 
> "Somewhere in the depth, there is the light." as the sigline.
> Checking the dictionary, somewhere = irgendwo, so I suggest this is the
> translation.
> Am I correct, Stormin'? <pleading look on face>
> 
> Ian
> 
> 
> 

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