From: "Florian Groß" <florgro@...>
Date: 2006-04-06T09:20:34+09:00
Subject: Re: [OT] Moin? Re: Ruby Game: Nightly Travels of a Witch (Win32, OS X,   Linux)

James Britt wrote:

>> Moin.
> 
> I think I understand what this word means, but not how to pronounce it.
> 
> Can someone clue in a native speaker of English (well, the NYC variant) 
> who has a faint knowledge of German?
> 
> (Not that the word "moin" itself is German, but if you can tell me that 
> it sounds like some common German word, or an American-English word, 
> that would help.)
> 
> 
> Thanks!

It's the number 9 (Neun), but with "M" instead of "N" at the beginning.
I think "loin" and "coin" in English are pronounced that way as well.

For a nice and detailed explanation of the meaning please see 
http://moinmoin.wikiwikiweb.de/MoinMoinEtymology/

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