Christopher Crockett wrote:
> >>wie es eigentlich gewesen war,
>
> >I hate to be pedantic, but I think you mean Leopold von Ranke.
>
> I mean to be pedantic, and i think you mean "wie es eigentlich gewesen ist."
Ja, und man ist (oder war?) was er isst (oder ass?), nicht wahr?
>
>
> >I wonder if I ever knew anyone named Otto Ranke?
>
> well, yeah.
>
> Otto was the name of the first VW i owned, back in '62.
>
> We used to call to him "Otto, Ranke[n sie, bitte]" whenever we wanted him to
> jump the queue in traffic.
>
> obviously.
>
> worked every time, as i recall.
>
In my case, Pat Sloane had it right. I appear to get Otto Rank, the psychoanalyst bloke,
mixed up with Leopold von Ranke, the historian fellow. That is, I get them mixed up as to
their labels. I differentiate fairly clearly between contents of their works.
>
> cc,
> H., g.p., (ret.)
>
Ende gut, alles gut.
Gordon
>
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