The Swiss-German word "Müesli" is very rarely correctly copied, most people write (and says) "Müsli" or "Musli".
I find those topics very interesting, since I'm Swiss (four official languages in Switzerland) and spent one school semester in the US, in Alabama to be exact. And may I add: neither does the Munich Newton User Group, Germany share any of these traditions. ) Chris Searles (curious to see how Matze will define "Stammtisch")" Also do a google-search on "Stammtisch" and you will see how commonly it is used in english context. If we do talk about politics, it's about why Apple killed the Newt. The NUG (Newton User Group) in Düsseldorf, Germany of course shares none of these traditions. (Germans being the seekers of "eternal truths".) The best historical example of this is probably the Bierhaus Putsch (=coup attempt) in Munich in 1923 during which Hitler first tried to acceed to power by force, taking advantage of his followers organized around "Stammtische". It sometimes also carries the negative connotation of being a major source of reactionary ideology in Germany, since its members are usually made up of conservative men who believe that the views expressed under the influence of alcohol are eternal truths.
>Matze >What is stammtisch? >barb "Stammtisch" is that institution peculiar to Germany, where a certain group of people reserve a table at a local pub/restaurant for meeting regularly to drink beer, discuss politics, and play cards (usually in that order). If he carries a heap of newts to >the garden, he must be the one. (Being a user of a special electronic gadget called Newton:) After reading the lastNewton-Messagepad-Mailing-Lists from i fell that Stammtisch is becoming the next "loan-word" coming from german to english and is going to influential: "Subject: Re: AW: AW: 28 2100s! Date: Thu, 14:44:47 +0200 From: Chris Searles >Okay, we will see next stammtisch then.
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