Oh! That is funny! I teach American Colonial history, and often talk about how much the English language has changed - words don't mean what they used to. "Sore let and hindered" is my favorite "What does that mean"? expression, but this is even better.
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Oh! That is funny! I teach American Colonial history, and often talk about how much the English language has changed - words don't mean what they used to. "Sore let and hindered" is my favorite "What does that mean"? expression, but this is even better.
I am going to have to write a bodice ripper and name the villain "Baron von Schlicht."
Wow. I knew the world-wide drug epidemic was terrible, but I didn't know it had such deep roots in German history. ;)
VERY funny!
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