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<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma><FONT size=2><SPAN class=695153510-09092005></SPAN>N<SPAN
class=695153510-09092005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=3>ick,</FONT></SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=3><SPAN
class=695153510-09092005></SPAN></FONT></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=3><SPAN
class=695153510-09092005>I doubt that there is a link between ".. go-lucky" and
"geluk" (Glück). By the way, "Glück" in German </SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=3><SPAN
class=695153510-09092005>can mean both "luck" and </SPAN></FONT></FONT><FONT
face=Tahoma><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=3><SPAN
class=695153510-09092005>"happiness" according to context, whereas in English
you have two words </SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=3><SPAN
class=695153510-09092005>"luck" and "happiness".</SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=3><SPAN
class=695153510-09092005>A "lucky dog" is a "Glückspilz" (lucky
mushroom).</SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=3><SPAN
class=695153510-09092005>In English you would say "someone is happily married
(not luckily married)". In German there is</SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=3><SPAN
class=695153510-09092005>only one word "glücklich (verheiratet)". There is no
equivalent for "happy single" in German</SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=3><SPAN
class=695153510-09092005>although "happy singles"
exist.</SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=3><SPAN
class=695153510-09092005>Luck vs. bad luck is Glück vs. Pech (= pitch) in
German. </SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=3><SPAN
class=695153510-09092005>Or there is the contrast of "Glück" and "Unglück"" like
in the expression </SPAN></FONT></FONT><FONT face=Tahoma><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=3><SPAN class=695153510-09092005>"Glück im
Unglück"</SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=3><SPAN
class=695153510-09092005>(lucky in a disaster).</SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=3><SPAN
class=695153510-09092005></SPAN></FONT></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=3><SPAN
class=695153510-09092005>Fritz </SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma><FONT size=2><SPAN
class=695153510-09092005> </SPAN><BR></DIV></FONT></FONT>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 35.4pt"><SPAN
class=apple-style-span><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">>>I suspect it is not actually anything to do
with <I><SPAN style="FONT-STYLE: italic">to go</SPAN></I> although it
would be really good to know for sure...what ideas have you had or
heard...?</SPAN></FONT></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></SPAN></FONT> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><A
href="http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?search=lucky&searchmode=phrase">http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?search=lucky&searchmode=phrase</A>
says rather cryptically that the phrase is "from 1672". That's all it says
about it??</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Has it got anything
to do with DE </SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">"</SPAN></FONT><FONT
face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">geluk"
(Glü</SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">ck) perhaps,
Fritz</SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">? Or maybe it's a
shortened form of something else, as Simon seems to hint.</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">It might be worth
asking the BBC - you know those radio programs they have for learners on the
World Service. They often come up with the goods. (I sent them a quick email
just now)</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Nick
Miller</SPAN></FONT></P>
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