The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #34558   Message #1176711
Posted By: alanabit
03-May-04 - 02:11 AM
Thread Name: Origins: Ich hatt' einen Kameraden
Subject: RE: Song History. Ich Hatten Einen Kameraden
Then the apostrophe would stand for the missing "e". That's not uncommon in speech or dialect. It's the "Ich Hatten", with the "n" which sounds strange to me.