Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/02/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 08:34 AM 2/9/98 +0100, George Berger wrote: >>>Jim - >>>Please - - *das* Black Forest. The Forest is neuter, not masculine <big >>grin> >>>George Berger >Jim, you got it right the first time -- it's "der" all right. Der Wald, der >Schwarzwald -- believe me, I can see it looking out my window. In German >there is no such thing as logic when it comes to the gender of nouns -- >must drive foreigners crazy. French isn't any better for that matter -- >there, la for=EAt is feminine! >-- Dieter > >Dieter Stoll D-72127 Kusterdingen, Germany >dstoll@tuebingen.netsurf.de Home fax: +49-7071-38321 >=20 Thanks Dieter. Many years ago I spent some time with a company in Freudenstadt, which is in the Black forest. Cannot at this moment remember their name. They made photo processing equipment. I could drive to it today, but brain fade obliterated the name. Jim