On Wed, 10 Jul 2002, James A. Landau wrote: > > As I happen to know that a high-ranking Imperial German general during World > War I once used "Neapolitan ice" as a metaphor, I find it hard to believe > that the German language lacks a native term for "ice cream". Doesn't German "Eis" serve for both ice and ice-cream? allen maberry at u.washington.edu