>I am probably wrong. I picked up that little factoid from a scene in Saving Private Ryan, so its probably wrong. :)

You mean Hollywood might have invented something for a movie? No way! < g >

Believe it or not I haven't seen that film yet. I don't remember enough high school German to know how to say that phrase in German (no, this is not an invitation to lurkers to post it!), but I wouldn't be surprised if it sounded something like that. So there could be something to it.