Re: Scandinavia and the Germanic tribes such as Goths, Vandals, Angl

--- On Sun, 11/2/08, tgpedersen <tgpedersen@...> wrote:

> From: tgpedersen <tgpedersen@...>
> Subject: [tied] Re: Scandinavia and the Germanic tribes such as Goths, Vandals, Angli and Saxones.
> To: cybalist@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Sunday, November 2, 2008, 4:44 PM
> --- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Rick McCallister
> <gabaroo6958@...> wrote:
> >
> > --- On Sun, 11/2/08, tgpedersen <tgpedersen@...>
> wrote:
> >
> > > From: tgpedersen <tgpedersen@...>
> > > Subject: [tied] Re: Scandinavia and the Germanic
> tribes such as
> Goths, Vandals, Angli and Saxones.
> > > To: cybalist@yahoogroups.com
> > > Date: Sunday, November 2, 2008, 4:12 PM
> > > > How 'bout the rivers of Scandinavia and
> Denmark (assuming it's
> > > > big enough for rivers)?
> > >
> > > There's the Gudenå, but that's about it.
> > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guden%C3%A5
> > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randers
> > > One of my ancestors worked as a boatman on it.
> > >
> http://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pramfarten_p%C3%A5_Guden%C3%A5en
> > > FWIW
> > >
> http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/cybalist/message/7451
> > >
> >
> > A pramfartener
>
> Pram-fart-en = "barge-running-the". The Danish
> word is 'pramdrager'.
> There was that word again.
>
> > in the family, now that's someone most of us would
> never admit to.
>

A pramfarter, even better, must have impressed your British guests
BTW: ins't pram one of your /p-/ words?
to go with drag, draw, dray, etc.