Or... can't "Trump" in any way. Capital T.
...oh right right that was the joke. I knew that.
...oh right right that was the joke. I knew that.
Trump's immigrant background hitting close to home
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Or... can't "Trump" in any way. Capital T.
...oh right right that was the joke. I knew that. (August 9, 2016 at 8:37 am)Alex K Wrote: I just found out that the Trump family comes from a village I've actually been to, about a 20 minutes drive from where I grew up. That is a pretty town. But just think how much nicer it would be with a few gaudy high-rises and a couple of casinos with Trump's name plastered over everything in sight! We'll send him and his creepy brood back to you. Just think, with him around Germany could be made great again!
Alex. You can come get him and bring him back now. We're done with the asshole.
RE: Trump's immigrant background hitting close to home
August 9, 2016 at 5:27 pm
(This post was last modified: August 9, 2016 at 5:28 pm by I_am_not_mafia.)
The name was changed in the 17th century.
I think it's been Trump for a long time, Drumpf is from even earlier than that.
Exactly, they changed Drumpf to Trump whilst still in Ger.
The fool hath said in his heart, There is a God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.
Psalm 14, KJV revised edition
RE: Trump's immigrant background hitting close to home
August 10, 2016 at 3:41 am
(This post was last modified: August 10, 2016 at 3:42 am by Alex K.)
(August 9, 2016 at 5:26 pm)Minimalist Wrote: Alex. You can come get him and bring him back now. We're done with the asshole. Well, they actually interviewed people in the village about the Donald, and the consensus seemed to be that he's an annoying loudmouth. I'm not sure they want him back...
The fool hath said in his heart, There is a God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.
Psalm 14, KJV revised edition
RE: Trump's immigrant background hitting close to home
August 10, 2016 at 3:49 am
(This post was last modified: August 10, 2016 at 3:50 am by Alex K.)
(August 10, 2016 at 3:38 am)Alex K Wrote: Exactly, they changed Drumpf to Trump whilst still in Ger. Incidentally, the German word Drumpf or, in modern spelling, Trumpf, in English means "trump" as in the card game. In our local dialect, Trumpf is often pronounced Trump, i.e. ends up sounding more like the English pronunciation of the word (apart from the vovel u which sounds a bit different). That's probably not a coincidence but due to he fact that southern German dialects did not participate in some of the pronunciation shifts that led up to modern standard German, and therefore sound more like English in some instances.
The fool hath said in his heart, There is a God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.
Psalm 14, KJV revised edition
(August 10, 2016 at 3:49 am)Alex K Wrote:(August 10, 2016 at 3:38 am)Alex K Wrote: Exactly, they changed Drumpf to Trump whilst still in Ger. I find it really interesting to figure out how accents differ from one another. I can't really tell the difference between any of the German accents yet unfortunately. German workmen in rural areas all seem to mumble in the same unintelligible ways. I'm also a bit unsure if I have picked up a slight Bairisch twang when living in Munich. Evidence is that I have. I know there are different accents in Bavaria, but do they differ much from those Baden Württemberg? |
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