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Can't judge a book by its cover

TheRealDawn @dawnald (85137) • Shingle Springs, California 16 Aug 10

or a letter by it's envelope... We're having a heritage day thing at work in a couple of months, so I thought I'd get back onto translating my last couple German letters, and set up an exhibit. For those of you who have...

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Fascinating exercise in living history

TheRealDawn @dawnald (85137) • Shingle Springs, California 27 Jul 09

Almost finished my first German letter. It's from 1923 from a cousin to my great-grandfather. There's a lot of talk about the inflation of the 1920's, how hard times are, unrest, etc. My grandfather's cousin was apparently trying...

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Translating from German into German

TheRealDawn @dawnald (85137) • Shingle Springs, California 19 Jul 09

Like puzzles? This one is challenging and a lot of fun so far. I'm translating a letter from German into German. You're looking puzzled. Yep, it really does make sense. Did you know that until 1941 the German's used different...

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