I am thoroughly enjoying this round of letters regarding the language translations, and decided to share my own. Several years ago a visiting minister from Germany came to Denver, and at the lunch table, one of the hosts was translating a church-type joke into German for them. Since I had told the original joke, when I heard "donner and blitzen", and asked if that meant 'thunder and lightning' in German. Upon getting an affirmative answer...I then asked, (with a straight face) if they could then please translate for me 'dasher, dancer, prancer, comet, vixon.......etc'. It only took a moment until I saw the 'light' come on in their faces, and the roar of laughter..........which is the universal language. Enjoy...........:-) Linda