Dear all
I was overwhelmed with the very many fascinating offers of help and ideas.
Several people said they would be interested to know what came out:
apper = ab der in regional dialect
and Plotze is a soft thud of something falling.
here for better or worse is my haiku:
KER-PLONK castration
Poor corporal dick, limply,
Bears it contrite
THANKS!
Karen
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Dr K.J. Leeder
Reader in German
Fellow and Tutor in German,
New College, Oxford
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