Trump's immigrant background hitting close to home

[Edwardo Piet]

Or... can't "Trump" in any way. Capital T.

...oh right right that was the joke. I knew that.

[Crossless2.0]

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.
It's actually a quite pretty small town in the middle of the vineyards, with lots of wine making, and wine drinking.

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!

[Minimalist]

Alex.  You can come get him and bring him back now.  We're done with the asshole.

[I_am_not_mafia]

I thought his name was originally Drumpf?

Photo is squint. Sorry, can't help it.

[Minimalist]

The name was changed in the 17th century.

[Excited Penguin]

I think it's been Trump for a long time, Drumpf is from even earlier than that.

[Alex K]

Exactly, they changed Drumpf to Trump whilst still in Ger.

[Alex K]

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...

[Alex K]

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.

[I_am_not_mafia]

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.

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?