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Re: Honey, Hold This Bullet Proof Glass

Posted: Thu Mar 19, 2009 2:07 pm
by bryang
WOW! is right. That is crazy. I wonder how many wives he has had?? :shock:

-geo

Re: Honey, Hold This Bullet Proof Glass

Posted: Sun Mar 22, 2009 11:11 pm
by kd5zex
ninemm wrote: Originally it was Toepperwein with and extra "e". But at times they "Americanized" it to Topperwein. Yep, that'll do it.
IIRC, the "e" was often added when the umlaut (รถ) was not available, such as on American typewriters. Over time the "e" was dropped as well, probably because no one knew how to pronounce it anyway.