"Dr. Edward D. Rockstein" wrote: > [snip] > Bonte is like bunte in German= colored or as I've seen rendered for this ship > "The Spotted Cow." > I should have said "colorful"rather than "colored." Bonte does not mean "crow"in Dutch. "Crow" is "Kraai" or sometimes "bonte Kraai" = "colorful crow"literally rendered. Dutch "Kraai" is analogous to German "Krähe" = "crow." > ER > Ed Rockstein > > Dr. Edward D. Rockstein > Columbia, MD