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Thread #60464   Message #967528
Posted By: Wolfgang
17-Jun-03 - 08:29 AM
Thread Name: BS: Oxymoron place names
Subject: RE: BS: Oxymoron place names
Amerika, a little village in Saxonia, Germany.

There's even a song about that place dwelling on that name:

                   Klein-Amerika im Muldental

                   Rings herum vom Wald umgeben,
                   liegt es still am Wasser da,
                   und die Menschen, die hier leben,
                   wohnen in Amerika.

                   Du brauchst nicht übern Ozean,
                   willst Du reisen nach Amerika,
                   Du besteigst einfach die Muldenbahn
                   und bald schon bist Du da.

                   Denn es liegt im schönen Muldental,
                   und nicht in USA.
                   Sei uns gegrüßt viel tausendmal,
                   Du - mein Klein - Amerika!

Little-America

Surrounded by forest
it lies at the water
and the people who live here
live in America.

You don't have to cross the Ocean
if you want to go to America
you simply board the Mulde-railway
and soon you'll be there.

For it is located in the Mulde valley
and not in the USA
many thousand greetings to you
my little- America.

Wolfgang