Wild BillM to Everett True [email protected] • 1 month agoLeave me to hot milk for medicine (January 23, 1908)midwest.socialimagemessage-square12fedilinkarrow-up165arrow-down13
arrow-up162arrow-down1imageLeave me to hot milk for medicine (January 23, 1908)midwest.socialWild BillM to Everett True [email protected] • 1 month agomessage-square12fedilink
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink9•1 month ago“Grippe” is the German word for flu. I know that some German words have become unpopular during WW1. I read about e.g. the term “German Measles” being more widely used, but this literally contains the word “German”…
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink3•1 month agoBetter catch that than “the evil”, which refers to leprosy!
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink3•1 month ago“Grippe” was still used in American movies in the mid-1950s.
“Grippe” is the German word for flu.
I know that some German words have become unpopular during WW1.
I read about e.g. the term “German Measles” being more widely used, but this literally contains the word “German”…
Better catch that than “the evil”, which refers to leprosy!
“Grippe” was still used in American movies in the mid-1950s.