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<span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">From: </span><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="HcCDpe"><span class="EP8xU" style="color: rgb(0, 104, 28);"><a href="mailto:JRodenburg@aol.com">JRodenburg@aol.com</a></span></span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">
<span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Subject: </span><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="HcCDpe">LL-L "Culture" 2008.06.25 (02) [E/LS]<br><br></span><font style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" face="arial,helvetica"><font style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" color="#000000" lang="0" size="3"><blockquote type="CITE" style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 255); margin-left: 5px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 5px;">
I
know of such subordinate associations in two American cities, and
hardly any member can actually speak or even read Low Saxon, and some
wouldn't know <i>Matjes</i> from <i>Weißwurst </i>if their lives depended on it. <br>
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</font><font style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" color="#000000" lang="0" size="2">Ron,
what cities are these? Do the clubs have web sites? Would be another
place to start to "remember" our north German heritage. John<br>
<br>
Viele Grüße aus Illinois<br>
John Rodenburg<br>
Rodenburg (Tarmstedt, Amt Rotenburg (Wümme), Hannover)<br>
Brunkhorst (Stemmen, Amt Rotenburg (Wümme), Hannover)<br>
Werner (Langen, Hesse-Darmstadt),<br>
Steinke (Kreis Schlochau, Pommern)<br>
Krause (Kreis Schlochau, Pommern)<br>
Schröder (Warsow, Mecklenburg-Schwerin), <br>
Meyer (Eitzendorf, Kreis Hoya, Hannover)<br>
Hinkeldey (Wechold, Kreis Hoya, Hannover)<br>
Zum Mallen (Schierholz, Kreis Hoya, Hannover) <br>
Röhrdanz (Mecklenburg-Schwerin)<br><br>----------<br><br></font></font><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">From: </span><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="HcCDpe"><span class="EP8xU" style="color: rgb(0, 104, 28);">Helge Tietz</span> <span class="lDACoc"><<a href="mailto:helgetietz@yahoo.com">helgetietz@yahoo.com</a>></span></span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">
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Subject: </span><span class="HcCDpe"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">LL-L "Culture" 2008.06.25 (02) [E/LS]</span><br><br></span>Leve Ron,<br><br>I can really imagine the sterotype perceptions you
encounter in North America, I had the same experience when I spend half
a year travelling in North America many years ago, by checking my
address or passport they all asked me about the beerfest, I simply
didn't know what they were talking about, explaining that there is
plenty of beer in Northern Germany but no particular fest didn't really
help...I quickly realized what my family was on about by proclaiming
themselfs as rather Danish than German because Sleswick-Holsten
resembles by landscape, traditions and culture Denmark a lot more than
Bavaria with what I was being associated. So after experiencing this
misconception too frequently I told people (when asked about my home)
that I am from the border of Denmark and Germany, that derailed them
immediatly...Tonight we will have a football game where Spain vs.
Russia and if Spain would win the stereotype conception is that the
whole country will go wild, but I am afraid that celebrations in
Donostia and Girona will be a lot more muted, if any at all....the same
will probably valid for Grozny, Kyzyl or Sortavala in case Russia
wins...<br><br>Groeten, <br><br>Helge<br><br>----------<br><br><div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><font size="3">From: R. F. Hahn <</font><a rel="nofollow" href="mailto:sassisch@yahoo.com" target="_blank"><font size="3">sassisch@yahoo.com</font></a></div>
<font style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" size="3">Subject: Culture<br><br>Thanks a lot, John and Helge.<br><br>John, I don't really want to name the associations publicly for "political" or rather "diplomatic" reasons, because this issue comes with some baggage.<br>
<br>I quite agree with you, Helge. Once in a while I have to mention with connection with the Netherlands to make Americans, Canadians and Australians understand. But all but a few seem to consider that too much confusing detail. It's easier to deal with country-based stereotypes. It's not as though Europeans don't have the same tendency. The idea(l) of "one country, one ethnicity, one language" is still very much alive and kicking about happily.<br>
<br>Regards,<br>Reinhard/Ron<br><br>P.S.: By the way, I have to apologize to whoever I once told that Helge was only a men's name. Recently I came across it as a German woman's name. Not that gender <u>really </u>matters, but sometimes one wants to know which is applicable: "he" or "she". ;-)</font><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">
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