Fake Fakes

Horrible Hans and the History of the Handschuh

On: January 20, 2018

In: Fakelore, Some of this may not be true

As I have been learning German there have been some words that have made me chuckle such as the word “Schmetterling” for butterfly. Such an ugly and harsh word for something so fragile and pretty. Hehehe. Another that has given me the giggles is “Handschuh” for glove, literally “Hand Shoe”.Read on…

The Curious Case of the Kaiser and the Cones

By: admin

On: November 8, 2017

In: Some of this may not be true

I’ve been in Germany for a little over a year and there’s one, completely random, thing that I’ve noticed as I’ve been travelling around the country. That is, they don’t seem to use road cones here. It doesn’t matter whether you’re driving down the autobahn or a city street, ifRead on…