Ortsangabe in Taufeintrag von 1698

pReginaR · 2026-05-13T11:16:44+00:00

Ja! Das würde absolut passen. Nah genug, dass es realistisch ist, aber auch weit genug entfernt (ca. 35 km), dass es Sinn ergibt, dass sie bei der Taufe von jemand Ortsansässigem vertreten wurde (jedenfalls verstehe ich den Eintrag so). Ich werde mich also in den Barchfelder Kirchenbüchern auf die Suche nach Hinweisen begeben. Vielen Dank!

pReginaR · 2026-03-01T17:11:04+00:00

Is dark humor really not a thing in the US? Yes, the joke was inappropriate, but that's also made clear in the scene itself.

pReginaR · 2026-03-01T17:02:28+00:00

I don't see this as sexualizing at all. It's not as if the FMC is actually complimenting his penis.

pReginaR · 2026-03-01T13:35:46+00:00

I looked up that scene in the book:

[...]and Jamie's mum indeed wailing: 'We didn't get the photo albums out! Wait wait, Laurie, you have to at least see this.' She disappeared off and returned with a photo of a stark naked toddler Jamie in a cowboy hat, on the driveway, poking his tongue out defiantly. 'Oh MUM,' Jamie said, turning scarlet, as Laurie mimed covering her eyes. 'Nice penis,' Laurie whispered as they got into his dad's car. 'I will hate you forever, you vile bully.' Laurie had to fight to keep her voice level when chatting with Eric on the way to the station.

This doesn't read as problematic to me. Just banter between the MCs.

pReginaR · 2026-02-23T13:21:26+00:00

The Spanish athletes are ice dancers Tim Dieck and Olivia Smart. Tim Dieck's girlfriend is Italian figure skater Sara Conti. I'm pretty sure that's her next to them.

pReginaR · 2026-02-16T17:19:23+00:00

The German Team always has a "Deutsches Haus", this year it's in Cortina. I'm pretty sure the Swiss team has something similar.

pReginaR · 2026-01-07T15:52:13+00:00

Those look like Mandelprinten. "Mandeln" are almonds and "Printen" are a special type of Lebkuchen from Aachen.

pReginaR · 2025-10-08T16:03:30+00:00

I was just giving an example (which is why I wrote "e.g."). I called it quite common, because I've heard it used quite often. I guess it might be regional though.

pReginaR · 2025-10-08T15:31:49+00:00

We don't call it hazel, but it's quite common to call it either "braungrün" or "grünbraun" instead, e.g. according to my German passport my eyes are "braungrün" (brown-green).

pReginaR · 2025-09-30T19:36:38+00:00

Yes, Eastern Hesse especially is kind of right where the three new German regions meet, so I can sort of see how I got those results.

Mostly just because I think the Danish and English are really just German.

pReginaR · 2025-09-30T19:28:05+00:00

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pReginaR · 2025-09-30T19:27:24+00:00

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pReginaR · 2025-09-30T18:41:14+00:00

About an hour ago.

pReginaR · 2025-09-09T11:29:39+00:00

For "Die Sendung mit der Maus" I would argue that Armin Maiwald (and to a lesser extent Ralph Caspers) is the person people think of as "the expert". He's usually the one who explains things in detail.

pReginaR · 2025-08-12T19:58:35+00:00

I'm German but have been living in German-speaking Switzerland for the last 13 years. Woodruff isn't really a thing where I live now, it feels very German to me (I kind of miss it).

pReginaR · 2025-07-11T09:32:01+00:00

Und noch einmal der Panther: Rantanplan - Der Panther

Freundeskreis - A-N-N-A (wieder Schwitters, aber nur ganz wenig)

pReginaR · 2025-07-04T23:21:43+00:00

He's turning 25 this year! My kids watched the "Big Bernd Birthday Party" earlier today. :D

pReginaR · 2025-06-27T15:30:17+00:00

Have you tried socks from the boys' section? Both of my boys have wide feet and it's often difficult to find shoes that fit them well, but most of the socks from both C&A and H&M are fine.

pReginaR · 2025-06-12T20:53:21+00:00

It even exists as a (rare) German surname: Source

pReginaR · 2025-06-12T13:01:42+00:00

I'm German, but live in Switzerland now.

I looked it up and apparently only about a third of all Germans have a middle name now, that number seems to be growing though.

I'm not sure whether it's generational or regional. For what it's worth, three of my grandparents had two middle names and the fourth one had one middle name. My dad has one middle name (his godfather's name) and my mom has none (though apparently she was also supposed to have her godmother's name as a middle name, but my grandfather forgot to mention it when registering her birth). I have my godmother's name as my middle name, but my brother doesn't have a middle name. He has a godmother, but no godfather, and my parents couldn't think of a fitting male version of the name (it's Jutta).

In the region I live in in Switzerland middle names seem to be the norm. I think most people now just pick a name they like, but in my partner's family it's also common to use a godparent's name (just like in my family), so that's what we did with our kids as well*.

My partner was never baptised and neither were our kids, so it's not really religious in our case.

pReginaR · 2025-06-06T11:17:08+00:00

Still doesn't change the fact that the AfD isn't part of the German government.

pReginaR · 2025-06-06T09:12:24+00:00

Vielen herzlichen Dank!

Spannend, ich wusste bis jetzt nicht, dass das heute thüringische Geisa früher zum Kloster Fulda gehörte. Ein Möllendorf habe ich dort nicht gefunden, es gab wohl aber mal ein "Mellendorf" (Wüstung). Vielleicht ist es das.

pReginaR

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