Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/02/08

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: Black Forest -- get it right already guys :-)
From: Jim Brick <jim@brick.org>
Date: Sun, 08 Feb 1998 08:28:16 -0800

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