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<b>L O W L A N D S - L - 07 August 2010 - Volume 03<br>
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<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal">From: <span class="gd"><span style="color: rgb(121, 6, 25);">M.-L. Lessing</span></span><span class="gi"> </span><span class="go"><<a href="mailto:marless@gmx.de">marless@gmx.de</a>></span></p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal">Subject: <span class="gi">LL-L "Travels" 2010.08.06 (11) [EN]</span></p>
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<p style="font-family: times new roman,serif;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Dear Luc, </span></p>
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<p style="font-family: times new roman,serif;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">I think the
"Frühaufsteher" on the billboard Paul saw were meant somewhat in
an abstract sense. Otherwise it would be no good to mention such a local
peculiarity (if it really be one there), there might be many more which could
be funnier or more worth mentioning. In Germany to rise early is somehow
connected with smartness, at least idiomatically. If you try to play a trick on
me and I find you out on it, I might say to you: "Ha, you wanted to trick
me?! <em>Da musst du aber früher aufstehen</em>!" Which means, you should
think sharper or just trick me more deftly. There also is a saying "Der frühe
Vogel fängt den Wurm" ("The early bird catches the worm"). Now I
think with that billboard they just wanted to underline the intelligence of
their people. It's just another way of saying "Wir können alles außer
Hochdeutsch", which has, in Schwaben, a clearly economical accent. Every
german Land tries to say "Invest here, we are clever and work hard!".
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<p style="font-family: times new roman,serif;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">To re-install the confusion
we are used to in languages (and the absence of which might make us quite
confused :-)), there is another saying in German wich seems to contradict the
rise-early-thing: you say "Das ist ein ausgeschlafener Junge", when
you mean somebody has his wits about him or is really clever. You can also say
"Das ist ein aufgeweckter Junge." So now, when I myself am <em>ausgeschlafen</em>,
it is usually 11 a.m. So an early riser can not be clever in <em>this </em>sense,
hm? But when i get wakened up (<em>aufgeweckt</em>), I cannot be <em>ausgeschlafen</em>,
for when you sleep out you wake up by yourself. It is all a mess, and my
conclusion is: Be as clever as you can and rise whenever you want! ;-)</span></p>
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<p style="font-family: times new roman,serif;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Hartlich</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: times new roman,serif;">Marlou (an owl of owls...)</span></p>
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