Re: [Cz-L] Driving school

  Schnur is string .
Schnurren is the purring of a cat.
 How it got into Schnurrbart only the Germans know .
Hardy
 
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From: "Miriam Taylor" <mirtaylo_at_indiana.edu>
To: "HARDY BREIER" <HARDY3_at_bezeqint.net>
Cc: "CZERNOWITZ-L" <Czernowitz-L_at_cornell.edu>
Sent: Friday, November 08, 2013 6:43 PM
Subject: Re: [Cz-L] Driving school

> In the good old days, when most men had mustaches,
> or as they were called in German: Schnurrbart (string beard).
> Maybe in Germany or Austria, men had thin mustaches,
> resembling a string. But as you can see in this photograph,
> Czernowitzers opted for more substantial mustaches.
> My paternal grandfather had an even more substantial mustache,
> curling upwards, covering his upper lip and extending
> to his cheeks.
> "Wenn schon denn schon"! (loose translation: if you do something,
> do it fully or extensively!)
>
> Mimi
>
>
> On Nov 8, 2013, at 12:37 AM, HARDY BREIER wrote:
>
>> http://ic.pics.livejournal.com/whasup/
>> 9748234/6574095/6574095_original.jpg
>>
>> Driving school on Gymnasialgasse exposing all types and car
>> involved in the trade.
>>
>>
>> Hardy
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