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blake murphy > wrote:

> "modom (palindrome guy)" > wrote:
>
> >"Hombre" has other connotations in my ear.

>
> but 'mensch' is pretty unambiguous.


Not if you speak German. In German, "Mensch" means "man" (in the sense
of "human being", "person"). It is pretty generic.

ObFood: "Der Mensch ist, was er ißt." ("Man is what he eats" or "you are
what you eat") -- Ludwig Feuerbach. ("Ist" and "ißt" are pronounced
identically.)

Victor