On Sep 4, 2007, at 5:40 AM, Lord Groundhog wrote:
> ~~~ On 2007/09/04 04:47, Scott Rogers at srogers@gmail.com wrote ~~~
>
>> Heh. When I was in Germany in June, someone sang out "You ain't
>> nothin' but a hound dog..." and one of the Germans asked me what a
>> "hound dog" was.
>>
>> I said "Well...it's a hund hund."
>
>
> So, you with the German who isn't a fan of Elvis? :) I thought
> Presley did
> a German language version of the song, but I must have gotten that
> wrong.
>
> "Hound dog" is a great expression, isn't it? The Department of
> Redundancy
> Department couldn't have done better!
>
In english it's not redundant. A hound is a type of dog. Besides,
You ain't nothing but a poodle dog doesn't sound as good...
Marty
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