Wild BillM to Everett True [email protected] • 1 month agoLeave me to hot milk for medicine (January 23, 1908)midwest.socialimagemessage-square12fedilinkarrow-up165arrow-down13
arrow-up162arrow-down1imageLeave me to hot milk for medicine (January 23, 1908)midwest.socialWild BillM to Everett True [email protected] • 1 month agomessage-square12fedilink
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink9•1 month ago“Grippe” is the German word for flu. I know that some German words have become unpopular during WW1. I read about e.g. the term “German Measles” being more widely used, but this literally contains the word “German”…
minus-square@verity_kindlelink3•1 month ago“Grippe” was still used in American movies in the mid-1950s.
minus-square@verity_kindlelink3•1 month agoBetter catch that than “the evil”, which refers to leprosy!
“Grippe” is the German word for flu.
I know that some German words have become unpopular during WW1.
I read about e.g. the term “German Measles” being more widely used, but this literally contains the word “German”…
“Grippe” was still used in American movies in the mid-1950s.
Better catch that than “the evil”, which refers to leprosy!