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counterquestion

n. A question that serves as a reply to, or distraction from, another.

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We therefore ask a counterquestion: Was there any connection between the already-noted legendary dog Perkun, the likewise noted bitch Senta, who belonged to the father of the topic under discussion, namely, miller Matern, and the black shepherd Harras, who belonged to the discussion leader's father, namely carpenter Liebenau -- was there, I ask, any connection between them apart from the fact that the miller's son Walter Matern on the one hand and on the other hand the carpenter's son Harry Liebenau and his cousin Tulla Pokriefke called the topic's friend a sheeny?

And his counterquestion made Jager think--what would the authorities have to say about how he was working with the Red Army?

And his counterquestion made Jäger think—what would the authorities have to say about how he was working with the Red Army?

And his counterquestion made Jager think— what would the authorities have to say about how he was working with the Red Army?