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I think there is a lot of truth in it!
Weinstein in the Weinglas is no problem. Weinstein = tartar Tartar is not a wine defect, but it is also not a designated quality characteristic....
Any ideas?
OK! Here in Germany it's tsä-sar or Kais-sar
How do you pronounce Caesar?
How do you pronounce Cicero? The Latin way, the English way, the German way - or still another way?
I am interested in languages. Soon I will have another question. :)
Nobody? Where are the friends of wine?
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No such thing as West Berlin: https://www.reddit.com/r/berlin/comments/ahwedf/how_west_berlin_appeared_on_a_1988_east_german_map/
How East German Maps Made West Berlin (Almost) Disappear https://bigthink.com/strange-maps/513-then-we-take-berlin-when-east-ate-west/
@ Maps without New Zealand: The worst offenders revealed...
Come to think of it, these Kaufman or Morgenthau maps are not a pleasant subject. Rather sinister, really. On the lighter side: Do you know cases...
Liechtenstein did not annex anything, but it might have been annexed by Germany - together with Switzerland:...
Austria did not annex anything in 1945, but once upon a time it annexed Salzburg. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salzburg#:~:text=Salzburg was...
Sweden once annexed Bremen - and more: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominions_of_Sweden
Did you know? https://www.thelocal.at/20210831/why-austria-changed-from-left-to-right-sided-traffic-on-a-state-by-state-basis
There is one detail about the "Anschluss" that I did not know: https://www.thelocal.de/20180308/hitler-wehrmacht-annexation-austria
Curious case: Switzerland did not annex Büsingen, even though Büsingen wanted to be annexed....
Belgian plans:...
Selfkant was a special case: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selfkant
Now: 2 votes for: some other country
Luxembourg plans: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luxembourg_annexation_plans_after_the_Second_World_War
Australia - or Austria?
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