Re: [Cz-L]Herrengasse Czernowitz

Anny is right.
I never said "Du" to my mother, father or any of my older relatives.
We always addressed them in third person; die Mama, die Tante.
Even during the war, I remember going with my mother to the hat maker.
Hats were not just bought, they were made to order.
A fost o data. (There once was)

Mimi
Quoting Anny Matar <annymatar_at_gmail.com>:

> I think Herrengasse is not and can not be translated. The Vienna
> Herrengasse ist ein Hund (not translatable) to ours. Ours was the
> meeting place of young and old, Promenade on Sundays, men raising
> their hats to ladies in their Sunday's best. (In Vienna a man can't
> walk the without being accosted).
> The hat shop is most interesting as every lady HAD to wear one, the
> peasants wore kerchiefs (nothing to do with religion I think). What's
> most interesting is the letter. The "Geschwollene Sprache" is just as
> I remember having written letters when I was young to my elders. I
> never spoke to my mother and aunts except in the 3rd. person something
> like "Mamma die Tante hat angerufen und gebeten dass Mamma sie
> anruft". (Mother auntie called and asked mother to call her back) I
> was 18 or 20 when that changed to direct speech.
> Anny
>
>

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