From the autobiography of Mark Twain: A Dresden paper, the - TopicsExpress



          

From the autobiography of Mark Twain: A Dresden paper, the Weidmann, which thinks that there are kangaroos (Beutelratte) in South Africa, says the Hottentots (Hottentoten) put them in cages (kotter) provided with covers (lattengitter) to protect them from the rain. The cages are therefore called lattengitterwetterkotter, and the imprisoned kangaroo lattengitterwetterkotterbeutelratte. One day an assassin (attentäter) was arrested who had killed a Hottentot woman (Hottentotenmutter), the mother of two stupid and stuttering children in Strättertrotel. This woman, in the German language is entitled Hottentotenstrottertrottelmutter, and her assassin takes the name Hottentotenstrottermutterattentäter. The murderer was confined in a kangaroos cage--Beutelrattenlattengitterwetterkotter--whence a few days later he escaped, but fortunately he was recaptured by a Hottentot, who presented himself at the mayors office with beaming face. I have captured the Beutelratte, said he. Which one? said the mayor; we have several. The Attentäterlattengitterwetterkotterbeutelratte. Which attentäter are you talking about? About the Hottentotenstrottertrottelmutterattentäter. Then why dont you say at once the Hottentotenstrottelmutterattentäterlattengitterwetterkotterbeutelratte?
Posted on: Wed, 13 Nov 2013 03:42:05 +0000

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