OT: Re: VMs: Abschaffenburg was Strega

[Rene Zandbergen <r_zandbergen@xxxxxxxxx>]

--- Pierre Abbat <phma@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> > A friend of mine (not German) referred to a town
> > near where I live as 'Abschaffenburg'. In both
> > cases the immediate thought is: why did I never
> > think of this?
> 
> I've been there and wondered: is an Aschaffe some
> kind of monkey?

Most probably not :-) 
Whatever it is, it should be Aschaf or Aschaff.
One of our German list members might help us
out here (Elmar?).

My pet theory is that it refers to 'One sheep', as in 
Bavarian: A Mass (meaning: one liter beer).

Cheers, Rene



		
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