Hi Frank,
No more confusing than our tiny towns of Fayette and surrounding counties in
Texas. Walhalla is west of me within rock chunking distance but mostly
English, not German. Behind me is Waldeck, thats German, Next is Nechanitz,
the Czech side of near Polish, Rutersville was supposed to be a Baptist
college. Weimar is a good German name for the Austrians that settled near,
Dubina was and remains Czech . Praha was Czech but now German. New Ulm is a
mix and Industry was the first German settlement in Texas, Cat Spring is
German and Round Top has gone Houston chic. LaGrange was supposed to be
French but is going Hispanic. The Afro side of the nearby old La Bahia Trail
could care less who anybody was.
So our culture may be confusing with Texan and several other languages
spoken. We do have the best variety of sausages in the world which is the
only important thing when you stop to think about it.
Richard
----- Original Message -----
From: "Grimer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, January 26, 2006 7:15 AM
Subject: Re: Hagelstein Lecture
At 09:55 pm 25/01/2006 -0800, Jones wrote:
...methinks to appease his supporters, he has now put
himself in the proverbial Zugswang, however.
Zugzwang. That's a useful word. I'll have to put it in my German
box along with Schadenfreude and Gestalt. Oh! and by the way
Jones, it has 2 zeds - or zees as you yanks call them - which
always irritates me when I'm reading a Dr Seuss book to my
grandchildren and I get to the line which doesn't rhyme with zed.
fg
