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Post by Freddy on Dec 19, 2012 6:54:17 GMT 11
Interesting watching ABC24 this morning, as I get ready for work.
All it does is regurgitate what has been published in the mornings "Australian"
It does this everyday.
It's gotten to the point where this hack that they have wheeled out to talk about the days newspaper headlines (some schmendrick from the IPA) , is critisizing "The Age" for a mild dig at Malignant Murdoch.
"Our" ABC ?
An Independent ABC ?
Yeah right, and the middle one plays Mozart.
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Post by pim on Dec 19, 2012 13:42:45 GMT 11
I like Mozart
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Post by Freddy on Dec 19, 2012 18:27:21 GMT 11
not a patch on my mate ludwick Von |
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Post by pim on Dec 19, 2012 18:43:30 GMT 11
The Germans say "Ludwig", the Dutch say "Lodewijk", the French say "Louis", the Spanish say "Luiz" and the Italians say "Luigi". I believe the English use either the French "Louis" or else "Lewis". They do NOT write it as "ludwick".
The "von" part is a prefix. It isn't a surname in itself. It's like the O' part of an Irish surname like O'Toole, or the "Mac" of a Scottish name. Or the "van" part of a Dutch surname. It means "of".
And the guy's surname was in fact Dutch - or more likely Flemish since I have an idea that was his ancestry. Same language, though. So while his first name was impeccably German his surname was impeccably Dutch: Ludwig van Beethoven.
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Post by Freddy on Dec 19, 2012 18:53:52 GMT 11
The Germans say "Ludwig", the Dutch say "Lodewijk", the French say "Louis", the Spanish say "Luiz" and the Italians say "Luigi". I believe the English use either the French "Louis" or else "Lewis". They do NOT write it as "ludwick". The "von" part is a prefix. It isn't a surname in itself. It's like the O' part of an Irish surname like O'Toole, or the "Mac" of a Scottish name. Or the "van" part of a Dutch surname. It means "of". And the guy's surname was in fact Dutch - or more likely Flemish since I have an idea that was his ancestry. Same language, though. So while his first name was impeccably German his surname was impeccably Dutch: Ludwig van Beethoven. Ehhhh. Been chained to a PC, happily misspelling accident reports. Anyways, Ludi baby is a legend |
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