Ur- in german derives from the Old High German ir-.
It does not exist as a separate word, only as a prefix.
It does not exist as a separate word, only as a prefix.
That's the same in English (though generally hyphenated). I was going back to the original Quell... errrr.... source for the word and prefix.
Interesting discussion here:
German prefix "Ur" and Sumerian city Ur (Probably need to speak German to answer) - Straight Dope Message Board
German prefix "Ur" and Sumerian city Ur (Probably need to speak German to answer) - Straight Dope Message Board
Thanks.
I appreciate a link which largely confirms the doubts I already had rather than your hypotheses.
I appreciate a link which largely confirms the doubts I already had rather than your hypotheses.
Really?, regardless of the final most irrefutable citations, this matters why?
Sorry, just a bit grumpy at the moment
Sorry, just a bit grumpy at the moment
My great uncle worked in a brewery at Freising and told this anecdote
Every so often, some workers secretly took a keg of bock beer, not to be discovered, the barrel would be completely empty.
The funny thing was his words to describe a slight drunkenness
"We were drinking up to ten liters of beer, and yet we could find our homes..." 😀
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Some of us are more interested in what's right rather than who's right. I learned something and I'm grateful.
Not really - and the Paleos would no doubt argue exactly the opposite
Well not so much "argue" as dispute categorically
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When I first worked at the Deutsche Oper in (West-)Berlin I turned up just when a truck from a local brewery was unloading. Seeing dozens and dozens of crates coming off it I obviously assumed that the canteen was restocking.
Turns out it was a private delivery just for the stage crew.
Every one of them had a family-sized fridge just for beer, may be leaving room for a couple of home-made sandwiches.
A couple of weeks before I started one of the stage crew had told his wife that he had to do a double shift which he didn't. He spent the full extra 8 hours drinking, walked out of the building and dropped dead from acute alcohol poisoning not 50m from the gate.
The reason I suspected coincidence was because I found out that the Shona term for 'Do you smoke?' is exactly the same (spelling and pronounciation) as the italian slang word for 'prostitute'.
Shona also has a number of words which are, equally coincidentally, very similar to japanese words with a completely different, unrelated meaning.
(Shona is one of the languages spoken in Zimbabwe.)
Unfortunately, Deutsche Oper Berlin has some tragical history, and that worker died drunk, a director also died while conducting Verdi's Aida, just to mention one...
However, I envy you, I must resign myself with recordings, and the best beer here is Isenbeck, until 2010 was part of Warsteiner, not anymore, but still reasonably good.
I don't like Heineken, it is too bitter, and Stella Artois reminds me the smell of skunk, I guess it is a problem only here. 😀
Chapeau Framboise lambic from the Belgian brewery De Troch.
I'm very fond of raspberry... and this stuff rules.
I'm very fond of raspberry... and this stuff rules.
Black, reheated coffee!
As a Norwegian, it's either coffee or booze and I'm a coffee guy now! Uff Da!
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As a Norwegian, it's either coffee or booze and I'm a coffee guy now! Uff Da!
😀
Cockburn's special reserve port - I love the way it warms the throat as you swallow it. Like cognac, but I am off hard liquor, so this is good. Is there some other port that is similar, but lighter in body and better? I would love to buy it the next time I am at a duty free store.