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		schmidp on June 28, 2010 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why I'm running a bootstrapping conference in Vien... I'm from austria and I've never heard "mensch" used in a negative context. As a native german speaker I absolutely read it as positively as it was intended.

ahoyhere on June 28, 2010 [–]

I'm chalking it up to the fact that Wienerisch can make anything sound dirty. ;)

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