Heber
Heber
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Karnival in Dusseldorf, Koln and Mainz.
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From the former list, I am for Philosophers, Musik, Dogs and Cars, in that order.
Chemistry (and not only pharm. producsts) is something that the Germans have been good always and are still IMO the masters of it.
Ah!! We should not forget that most of what we know modernly about the Atom is because of the Germans scientists (Einstein, Schrödinger, Planck, Heisenberg, Pauli, etc.).
For me the greatest contribution to the world came from Martin Luther who founded the Protestant Reformation.
As for the (in)famous Schrödinger, I would baulk at naming him amongst the greats on the basis of his proposing to be an absolute bastard to his cat!
Who is also austrian, btw. :innocent:
The gwyllgi
compound noun of either gwyllt "wild" or gwyll "twilight" + ci "dog") is a mythical dog from Wales that appears as a frightful apparition of a mastiff with baleful breath and blazing red eyes.
It is often referred to as "The Dog of Darkness" or "The Black Hound of Destiny", the apparition's favourite haunt being lonely roads at night. It is said to resemble a mastiff.
That apart Germany and German nationals have delivered so very much that is so very valuable to the world. It is precisely that which created the shock when the Weimar Republic fell and the events that followed began.
But even then England (NOT Britain) was in the lead, because the Germans were only repeating what England had done during the Boer War.
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland encompasses the most of the three. As its full name suggests, it includes Northern Ireland in addition to Great Britain.
Great Britain is composed of three areas: England, Scotland, and Wales.
As for England, it is the largest and most populous portion of the United Kingdom.
In practice, the terms are often used interchangably through metonymy, though those living in the UK but outside of England tend not to be fond of the practice.
As for the (in)famous Schrödinger, I would baulk at naming him amongst the greats on the basis of his proposing to be an absolute bastard to his cat!
Before I continue, replying to what @Gwyllgi said, it is interesting to share for those that don’t know it, that interesting part of Welsh lore…
It’s interesting that you’ve taken the time to see just what a Gwyllgi is! But in fairness like so many things he does get “bad press”.
Most things mythical are poorly communicated between “cultures”, even poorly communicated between societies within the same culture, and round the parts where I live even an everyday story can change substantially from one end of the village to the other.
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So it is with Gwyllgi. Black dogs in British folklore traditionally have a bad reputation, often well founded if only in myth, but a reputation which in some cases with Gwyllgi ignores also being a guardian to travelers on the road.
In reply to Sirius2b
I (think that I) have a sense of humour. An odd one maybe, but one nevertheless.
I also believe in the principle that life is too short to drink cheap whisky, or take serious things too seriously. I also much prefer cats to Schrödinger, a prejudice that I built up when reading Physics as an undergrad nearly fifty years ago!
As for the Boer War, it’s often forgotten that it was the English who first made use of concentration camps for Boer civilians and where the inmates were systematically starved to death.
http://www.erroluys.com/BoerWarChildsStory.htm for one authenticated account.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/513944.stm from “The Beeb” (BBC)
One of the most famous Welshmen of the Twentieth century, David Lloyd George, was utterly opposed to the Boer War and especially the manner in which the English were prosecuting it, an opposition that blighted him politically in the eyes of many for the rest of his life.
There is a great deal for the British, even the English, to be proud of, but a great deal to be utterly ashamed of as well.
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