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jimmy the one

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11. I guess I was wrong

Reply to Emrys (Reply #9)

Mon Mar 23, 2026, 11:54 AM

Monday

Yes I can agree with ertslich for ostlich, tho I think more a blend of ost / toast and erst, to get urst. Rounding the lips and pronouncing the long O does sound a bit like ohr, or uhr. Ditto with OL.
Since you are adamant as to fraulein being froylein, I guess I have been under a misconception since my college days. What I said about far more we do not know bites backwards too sometimes as to what we think we know. A fluent German would say froylein then?
I did pass 3 or 4 semesters of 3 and 4 credit physics at uni Maryland, en route to bs degree half century back, tho not in physics. I think B and C grades. Seemed logical and factual.
Cheers Emrys.

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