LL-L 'Language varieties' 2007.02.04 (05) [E]

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From: Global Moose Translations <globalmoose at t-online.de>
Subject: LL-L 'Language varieties' 2007.02.04 (01) [E]

Paul Finlow-Bates wrote:
>As to Sleepy Hollow, the movie with Johnny Depp a few years back
>was actually the first time I'd ever heard of "Hessians".
>Would the late and not-very-lamented Rudolf have had ancestry
>in that area? (Hessen, not NE America!)

According to that logic, shouldn't you be worried more about your own
possible family relationship with Norman Bates (the murderer from
"Psycho")?!

Gabriele Kahn

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